Kino Lorber is expanding its streaming footprint. The boutique art-house distributor just launched its own SVOD platform, the Kino Film Collection.
The new app is available now as a standalone service on Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV, and Roku, and it will feature hundreds of movies from Kino Lorber’s film library of more than 4,000 titles. Subscriptions will begin at $5.99 per month.
In November 2023, Kino Lorber launched an Amazon Prime Video channel; you can still access its titles there. But having its own service puts the company in the race alongside other niche streaming options in the space, like the Criterion Channel ($10.99/month) or Mubi ($14.99/month).
As part of the launch, Kino Film Collection curated a selection of titles that showcase auteurs who have played at Cannes; the 2024 film festival is currently ongoing. The collection includes early movies from Yorgos Lanthimos, Jia Zhangke, and Ken Loach, as well as...
The new app is available now as a standalone service on Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV, and Roku, and it will feature hundreds of movies from Kino Lorber’s film library of more than 4,000 titles. Subscriptions will begin at $5.99 per month.
In November 2023, Kino Lorber launched an Amazon Prime Video channel; you can still access its titles there. But having its own service puts the company in the race alongside other niche streaming options in the space, like the Criterion Channel ($10.99/month) or Mubi ($14.99/month).
As part of the launch, Kino Film Collection curated a selection of titles that showcase auteurs who have played at Cannes; the 2024 film festival is currently ongoing. The collection includes early movies from Yorgos Lanthimos, Jia Zhangke, and Ken Loach, as well as...
- 5/17/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
How far will you go to deny your identity in order to be a somebody? What happens when you make a deal with a devil whom you might normally despise, but has transfixed much of an entire nation’s population? And how long can you will yourself to ignore evidence of the intolerable? These are just a few of the questions raised — sometimes with allusive finesse, sometimes with blunt-force impact — during “The Performance,” an enthralling period drama with often disquieting contemporary relevance.
If you have roamed through this cinematic territory before, you may discern in Shira Piven’s exceptional film traces of “Cabaret,” “Mephisto” and other tales of ambitious entertainers striving for the spotlight as Adolf Hitler’s shadow spreads over 1930s Germany. But this largely faithful adaptation and intelligent expansion of a 2002 short story by Arthur Miller ultimately stands on its own merits as both vivid historical recreation and riveting cautionary fable,...
If you have roamed through this cinematic territory before, you may discern in Shira Piven’s exceptional film traces of “Cabaret,” “Mephisto” and other tales of ambitious entertainers striving for the spotlight as Adolf Hitler’s shadow spreads over 1930s Germany. But this largely faithful adaptation and intelligent expansion of a 2002 short story by Arthur Miller ultimately stands on its own merits as both vivid historical recreation and riveting cautionary fable,...
- 1/15/2024
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
MCU director Matt Shakman has finally confirmed WandaVision's real intentions for Mephisto.
While WandaVision stands as Marvel Studios' first Phase 4 project and its first Disney+ series, many fans remember the show for its countless fan theories with one of the most infamous being Mephisto (the Marvel Comics version of the devil).
Now, years after WandaVision revealed it was actually Agatha, not Mephisto, all along, series director Matt Shakman opened up about the fan-favorite rumor.
Read full article on The Direct.
While WandaVision stands as Marvel Studios' first Phase 4 project and its first Disney+ series, many fans remember the show for its countless fan theories with one of the most infamous being Mephisto (the Marvel Comics version of the devil).
Now, years after WandaVision revealed it was actually Agatha, not Mephisto, all along, series director Matt Shakman opened up about the fan-favorite rumor.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 11/8/2023
- by Savannah Sanders
- The Direct
Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
- 9/8/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
On Feb. 16, 2007, Mark Steven Johnson’s Ghost Rider movie hit theaters. Nicolas Cage starred as Johnny Blaze, a motorcycle stuntman powered by the devil to slay the damned in the form of a man with a flaming skull. It was the perfect vehicle for Nicolas Cage, a comic fan known for his often eccentric screen presence. Cage playing a demonic bounty hunter who spits hellfire is one of those things where it feels more like a documentary that only happens to resemble a Marvel Comics character.
It’s a fun movie on its own that hits just the right level of being over-the-top at the appropriate moments. If anything, it’s hurt by the perfect way it sets up fight scenes like video game boss battles, only for the fights to be over within seconds. While Ghost Rider is ultimately a footnote in the superhero movie pantheon, it’s still...
It’s a fun movie on its own that hits just the right level of being over-the-top at the appropriate moments. If anything, it’s hurt by the perfect way it sets up fight scenes like video game boss battles, only for the fights to be over within seconds. While Ghost Rider is ultimately a footnote in the superhero movie pantheon, it’s still...
- 2/16/2022
- by Gavin Jasper
- Den of Geek
“WandaVision” may have predicted the release date for the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” trailer, but there’s one other aspect of the series that fans are latching onto again: Mephisto.
For months, people speculated that the iconic Marvel villain Mephisto was actually the secret figure pulling the strings in Westview. But by the end of “WandaVision,” he never actually showed up. It’s become a bit of a joke on the Internet in the months since, with people joking that any unknown presence in the MCU now is immediately Mephisto.
But after the “No Way Home” trailer, some more serious theories are starting to resurface. The most popular one centers on the idea that Doctor Strange himself is Mephisto because he seems to be willingly casting a massive spell for Peter Parker.
“Listen…listen, I know nobody wants to hear this, and it’s become a joke on the internet…...
For months, people speculated that the iconic Marvel villain Mephisto was actually the secret figure pulling the strings in Westview. But by the end of “WandaVision,” he never actually showed up. It’s become a bit of a joke on the Internet in the months since, with people joking that any unknown presence in the MCU now is immediately Mephisto.
But after the “No Way Home” trailer, some more serious theories are starting to resurface. The most popular one centers on the idea that Doctor Strange himself is Mephisto because he seems to be willingly casting a massive spell for Peter Parker.
“Listen…listen, I know nobody wants to hear this, and it’s become a joke on the internet…...
- 8/24/2021
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Spoiler Warning: Do not read if you haven’t seen Season 1, Episode 5 of “Loki,” now streaming on Disney Plus.
I think it’s when Alligator Loki ate President Loki’s hand that I realized I was in love.
To be sure, I was always into “Loki,” Marvel Studios’ third Disney Plus series and the first devoted to exploring a single character: the god of mischief as played by Tom Hiddleston. From the first episode, I dug the absurdist deadpan humor imbued by head writer Michael Waldron, and I was immediately smitten with how director Kate Herron employed ’70s sci-fi brutalism and a particularly British affinity for bureaucracy to build out the world of the Time Variance Authority.
“Loki” looked unlike anything I’d ever seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an increasingly difficult prospect given there are now 26 discrete iterations of the MCU — soon to be 27 with the impending debut of “Black Widow.
I think it’s when Alligator Loki ate President Loki’s hand that I realized I was in love.
To be sure, I was always into “Loki,” Marvel Studios’ third Disney Plus series and the first devoted to exploring a single character: the god of mischief as played by Tom Hiddleston. From the first episode, I dug the absurdist deadpan humor imbued by head writer Michael Waldron, and I was immediately smitten with how director Kate Herron employed ’70s sci-fi brutalism and a particularly British affinity for bureaucracy to build out the world of the Time Variance Authority.
“Loki” looked unlike anything I’d ever seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an increasingly difficult prospect given there are now 26 discrete iterations of the MCU — soon to be 27 with the impending debut of “Black Widow.
- 7/7/2021
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Good news for any Marvel Cinematic Universe fan feeling exhausted by the onslaught of fan theories generated across the nine-episode run of “WandaVision”: It appears “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” the next MCU series debuting on Disney+, isn’t going to function the same way. The mystery box structure of “WandaVision” fueled such an obsession with fan theories that series director Matt Shakman came forward ahead of the finale to warn fans they would be disappointed by the ending, as it did not play into the many circulating theories online. For Marc Spellman, the creator of and head writer on “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” fan theories won’t be an issue for the series, as his show is “a buddy two-hander” and not a narrative mystery.
“The thing about buddy two-handers, if you’ve seen any of them, is there’s really not a mystery to them,...
“The thing about buddy two-handers, if you’ve seen any of them, is there’s really not a mystery to them,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
This article contains WandaVision spoilers.
After two months and nine episodes, WandaVision came to a close. One of the more unique projects to come out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the show mixed mystery and horror with sitcom pastiche and understandings of grief under the superhero umbrella. The first step in both Phase 4 and Disney+’s Marvel lineup came out a success and built towards future projects.
Then again, its mysterious nature worked against it at times. Figuring out answers on a weekly basis meant trying to stay one step ahead of the show and sometimes it got viewers going in the wrong direction. There was no Mephisto or X-Men or Fantastic Four. On one hand, you can say that people are getting angry about stuff that they were never promised, but there is a feeling that when combing over the details of the show, they did cause us to...
After two months and nine episodes, WandaVision came to a close. One of the more unique projects to come out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the show mixed mystery and horror with sitcom pastiche and understandings of grief under the superhero umbrella. The first step in both Phase 4 and Disney+’s Marvel lineup came out a success and built towards future projects.
Then again, its mysterious nature worked against it at times. Figuring out answers on a weekly basis meant trying to stay one step ahead of the show and sometimes it got viewers going in the wrong direction. There was no Mephisto or X-Men or Fantastic Four. On one hand, you can say that people are getting angry about stuff that they were never promised, but there is a feeling that when combing over the details of the show, they did cause us to...
- 3/10/2021
- by Gavin Jasper
- Den of Geek
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Series Finale,” the final episode of “WandaVision.”
There were a lot of things about “WandaVision” that really, really worked. But now that the series has officially come to an end, we need to talk about the one, Glaring thing that didn’t: Fietro. Because really, it should have been Pietro, actual, true Pietro, all along. At least in terms of the actor.
Yes, logically we knew that wasn’t going to be the case. Aaron Taylor-Johnson was never signed onto this project; he even went so far as to outright say he wouldn’t be back in the MCU anytime soon. When Evan Peters showed up as Pietro at the end of “On A Very Special Episode,” it seemed to be a pretty clear confirmation of that fact from Marvel. Then, in “Previously On,” Agatha really drove it home, explaining exactly why she brought in “Fietro.
There were a lot of things about “WandaVision” that really, really worked. But now that the series has officially come to an end, we need to talk about the one, Glaring thing that didn’t: Fietro. Because really, it should have been Pietro, actual, true Pietro, all along. At least in terms of the actor.
Yes, logically we knew that wasn’t going to be the case. Aaron Taylor-Johnson was never signed onto this project; he even went so far as to outright say he wouldn’t be back in the MCU anytime soon. When Evan Peters showed up as Pietro at the end of “On A Very Special Episode,” it seemed to be a pretty clear confirmation of that fact from Marvel. Then, in “Previously On,” Agatha really drove it home, explaining exactly why she brought in “Fietro.
- 3/5/2021
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Bookmark this page for all the latest international feature submissions.
Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.
Scroll down for the full list
The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place on April 25, 2021. It was originally set to be held on February 28, before both the ceremony and eligibility period were postponed for two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Submitted films must have been released in their respective countries between the expanded dates of October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. (Last year it was October-September.
Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.
Scroll down for the full list
The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place on April 25, 2021. It was originally set to be held on February 28, before both the ceremony and eligibility period were postponed for two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Submitted films must have been released in their respective countries between the expanded dates of October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. (Last year it was October-September.
- 11/23/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Actress Carrie Coon joins Josh and Joe to discuss the Best of what she’s been watching during the pandemic.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Nest (2020)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Sabrina (1954)
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Opening Night (1977)
Husbands (1971)
Too Late Blues (1961)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Faces (1968)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Gloria (1980)
Mephisto (1981)
The Cremator (1969)
Zama (2017)
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017)
Wanda (1970)
Blue Collar (1978)
The Lunchbox (2013)
63 Up (2019)
To Sleep With Anger (1990)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
The Glass Shield (1994)
My Brother’s Wedding (1983)
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
Cutter’s Way (1981)
Scenes From A Marriage (1973)
The Magician (1958)
The Silence (1963)
The Magic Flute (1975)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Virgin Spring (1963)
Summer with Monika (1953)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Black Girl (1966)
Fat Girl (2001)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Parasite (2019)
Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Other Notable Items...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Nest (2020)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Sabrina (1954)
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Opening Night (1977)
Husbands (1971)
Too Late Blues (1961)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Faces (1968)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Gloria (1980)
Mephisto (1981)
The Cremator (1969)
Zama (2017)
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017)
Wanda (1970)
Blue Collar (1978)
The Lunchbox (2013)
63 Up (2019)
To Sleep With Anger (1990)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
The Glass Shield (1994)
My Brother’s Wedding (1983)
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
Cutter’s Way (1981)
Scenes From A Marriage (1973)
The Magician (1958)
The Silence (1963)
The Magic Flute (1975)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Virgin Spring (1963)
Summer with Monika (1953)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Black Girl (1966)
Fat Girl (2001)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Parasite (2019)
Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Other Notable Items...
- 11/17/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
In the mid-2010s, we saw the ‘Battle of the Quicksilvers.’ In the red corner was Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s take in Avengers: Age of Ultron, who began the film as a villain and ended up dying a heroic death in the final battle. In the blue corner was Evan Peters in X-Men: Days of Future Past, who pretty much stole the show with that insanely cool ‘Time in a Bottle’ kitchen sequence.
Peters went on to star in the X-Men sequels, while Taylor-Johnson quickly became a footnote in the McU. But now it appears that they may finally be brought together in WandaVision. We’ve already heard talk that the McU’s Quicksilver might cameo in the show as part of Scarlet Witch’s fantasy world, and we recently learned that Evan Peters has joined the series. His role hasn’t been confirmed by Marvel just yet, but according to insider Grace Randolph,...
Peters went on to star in the X-Men sequels, while Taylor-Johnson quickly became a footnote in the McU. But now it appears that they may finally be brought together in WandaVision. We’ve already heard talk that the McU’s Quicksilver might cameo in the show as part of Scarlet Witch’s fantasy world, and we recently learned that Evan Peters has joined the series. His role hasn’t been confirmed by Marvel just yet, but according to insider Grace Randolph,...
- 6/2/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Welcome to the new normal. While we currently have no Sunday box-office estimates, we have our first full-fledged VOD report courtesy of Kino Marquee. The numbers for the streaming arm of New York distributor Kino Lorber bear little resemblance to those of, say, Universal VOD, but it’s an eye-opening look at the potential — and the limits — of virtual cinema.
These early numbers suggest the combined virtual-theatrical returns could end up in the range of a full theatrical release. For now, they also suggest that for theaters there is no substitute for the physical customer.
“I think we have all learned over our joint foray into this new business that virtual ticket sales do not make up 100% of theatrical revenue lost by exhibitors and distributors,” said Wendy Lidell, Kino Lorber’s senior VP of theatrical/nontheatrical distribution and acquisitions, writing to the Art House Convergence Google group. “This is a different business.
These early numbers suggest the combined virtual-theatrical returns could end up in the range of a full theatrical release. For now, they also suggest that for theaters there is no substitute for the physical customer.
“I think we have all learned over our joint foray into this new business that virtual ticket sales do not make up 100% of theatrical revenue lost by exhibitors and distributors,” said Wendy Lidell, Kino Lorber’s senior VP of theatrical/nontheatrical distribution and acquisitions, writing to the Art House Convergence Google group. “This is a different business.
- 5/8/2020
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Please welcome new contributor Nick Taylor who is providing us with extra Supporting Actress pleasure inbetween the Smackdown events.
How close was Hector Babenco’s Pixote to an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980? Or rather, why was it disqualified? Already lauded in Brazil for its unflinching, documentary-style depiction of the country’s unique epidemic of child criminality and the institutions benefitting from it, the film got axed for doing test screenings outside The Academy’s allotted time frame. That sounds as "necessary" as many of their eligibility nitpicks. Disqualified from consideration for 1980, Pixote became fair game upon its U.S. release in 1981, winning most of the critics prizes for Best Foreign Language Film and scoring a Golden Globe nomination over Oscar’s eventual winner, Hungary's Mephisto.
Pixote also won Best Film from Boston, who took a page from the National Society of Film Critics and gave Marília Pêra their Best Actress award.
How close was Hector Babenco’s Pixote to an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980? Or rather, why was it disqualified? Already lauded in Brazil for its unflinching, documentary-style depiction of the country’s unique epidemic of child criminality and the institutions benefitting from it, the film got axed for doing test screenings outside The Academy’s allotted time frame. That sounds as "necessary" as many of their eligibility nitpicks. Disqualified from consideration for 1980, Pixote became fair game upon its U.S. release in 1981, winning most of the critics prizes for Best Foreign Language Film and scoring a Golden Globe nomination over Oscar’s eventual winner, Hungary's Mephisto.
Pixote also won Best Film from Boston, who took a page from the National Society of Film Critics and gave Marília Pêra their Best Actress award.
- 5/2/2020
- by Nick Taylor
- FilmExperience
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Film at Lincoln Center
Bong Joon-ho’s “The Bong Show” is underway, with a mixture of his own films and work by Imamura, John Boorman, Clouzot and more.
Museum of Modern Art
“To Save and Project,” a highlight of any given year, has returned. The first weekend includes work by Stan Brakhage, Ken Jacobs, and George A. Romero.
Film at Lincoln Center
Bong Joon-ho’s “The Bong Show” is underway, with a mixture of his own films and work by Imamura, John Boorman, Clouzot and more.
Museum of Modern Art
“To Save and Project,” a highlight of any given year, has returned. The first weekend includes work by Stan Brakhage, Ken Jacobs, and George A. Romero.
- 1/9/2020
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
The months of November and December might feel a bit overwhelming for film fans, as they run out to watch the big Oscar contender films that studios rush out for consideration during the late fall. However, those films, though buzzed-about, are never a guarantee. Sometimes they fail to live up to their awards aspiration hype. So, as we approach 2020, why not watch a film that is guaranteed great and a real Oscar winner? Enter “Mephisto.”
Thanks to Film Forum, filmgoers are going to get the chance to watch a 4K restoration of the 1981 classic, “Mephisto,” directed by the legendary filmmaker István Szabó.
Continue reading ‘Mephisto’ Exclusive Trailer: István Szabó’s Oscar-Winning Film Gets A New 4K Restoration In 2020 at The Playlist.
Thanks to Film Forum, filmgoers are going to get the chance to watch a 4K restoration of the 1981 classic, “Mephisto,” directed by the legendary filmmaker István Szabó.
Continue reading ‘Mephisto’ Exclusive Trailer: István Szabó’s Oscar-Winning Film Gets A New 4K Restoration In 2020 at The Playlist.
- 12/26/2019
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Western Europe traditionally gets the lion’s share of attention in the international film category, with France and Italy still leading the record books in terms of nominations and wins. But a number of the most exciting contenders among this year’s submissions hail from a little further east: in a bumper year for cinema from Central and Eastern Europe, a few titles stand out.
Language has been a subject of significant controversy in this year’s Oscar race. Yet, the Academy has moved the needle on this front in recent years: not so long ago, films that weren’t in an official language of the submitting country were ineligible. That would have ruled out this year’s submission from the Czech Republic, “The Painted Bird.” Aiming to be the first Czech film to score a nomination since 2003’s “Zelary,” Václav Marhoul’s film is a linguistic anomaly in all...
Language has been a subject of significant controversy in this year’s Oscar race. Yet, the Academy has moved the needle on this front in recent years: not so long ago, films that weren’t in an official language of the submitting country were ineligible. That would have ruled out this year’s submission from the Czech Republic, “The Painted Bird.” Aiming to be the first Czech film to score a nomination since 2003’s “Zelary,” Václav Marhoul’s film is a linguistic anomaly in all...
- 12/5/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Written by Various | Art by Various | Published by Marvel Comics
I kind of felt honour bound to review this, with Halloween in our not too distant future. Can you think of many better characters than Ghost Rider at this time of year. I also have a more personal connection in that, every Halloween growing up, I’d always pull a stack of books with a horror connection and read them. I always did the same at Xmas as well, themed reading was a thing back then clearly. Apart from the odd Werewolf By Night, or Tomb of Dracula, the character I loved the most was Johnny Blaze himself, Ghost Rider. Visually awesome, with great villains like Mephisto prone to spring up, and having adventures in a nice little niche area of the Marvel Universe, what was not to like? The 1990′s reboot was ok, with Danny Ketch as the new Ghost Rider,...
I kind of felt honour bound to review this, with Halloween in our not too distant future. Can you think of many better characters than Ghost Rider at this time of year. I also have a more personal connection in that, every Halloween growing up, I’d always pull a stack of books with a horror connection and read them. I always did the same at Xmas as well, themed reading was a thing back then clearly. Apart from the odd Werewolf By Night, or Tomb of Dracula, the character I loved the most was Johnny Blaze himself, Ghost Rider. Visually awesome, with great villains like Mephisto prone to spring up, and having adventures in a nice little niche area of the Marvel Universe, what was not to like? The 1990′s reboot was ok, with Danny Ketch as the new Ghost Rider,...
- 10/25/2019
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
For the fifth year running, Lyon’s Lumière Festival will honor Hungarian cinema and invite guests of the Hungarian National Film Fund to present two classic Hungarian films from important national filmmakers, Márta Mészáros’ “Ők ketten” (“Women”) and Zoltán Fábri’s “Fifth Seal.”
Both films will be presented by Lumière Festival special guest Marina Vlady on Oct 18.
It’s a treat for the Hungarian National Film Fund, coming just one month after hosting their own retrospective film festival, the Budapest Classics Film Marathon. This year’s event saw 100 films screen over seven days with more than 17,000 spectators attending.
1977’s “Women” stars popular Hungarian actors Lili Monori and Golden Globe-nominated Marina Vlady (“The Conjugal Bed”) with an appearance from Vladimir Visotski (“The Duel”). The story turns on two women, Juli and Mari, who are each experiencing marital crisis. Their problems bring the two together in an attempt to help one another put their lives back together.
Both films will be presented by Lumière Festival special guest Marina Vlady on Oct 18.
It’s a treat for the Hungarian National Film Fund, coming just one month after hosting their own retrospective film festival, the Budapest Classics Film Marathon. This year’s event saw 100 films screen over seven days with more than 17,000 spectators attending.
1977’s “Women” stars popular Hungarian actors Lili Monori and Golden Globe-nominated Marina Vlady (“The Conjugal Bed”) with an appearance from Vladimir Visotski (“The Duel”). The story turns on two women, Juli and Mari, who are each experiencing marital crisis. Their problems bring the two together in an attempt to help one another put their lives back together.
- 10/16/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
If you’ve been following what Marvel’s been up to on the comic book side of things for the past few years, then surely you know that they’ve been having a ton of fun with the Punisher. Not only did he end up donning the War Machine armor in his own ongoing series at one point, but he’s also been revealed to be the Cosmic Ghost Rider in the incredibly popular “King Thanos” story arc.
In fact, there’s been so much love and support for the character since his debut that Marvel now wants to bring him into the McU. According to sources close to We Got This Covered – the same ones who told us Taskmaster will be the villain of Black Widow, and that the studio was developing She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel shows, all of which have since been confirmed – Kevin Feige is keen on...
In fact, there’s been so much love and support for the character since his debut that Marvel now wants to bring him into the McU. According to sources close to We Got This Covered – the same ones who told us Taskmaster will be the villain of Black Widow, and that the studio was developing She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel shows, all of which have since been confirmed – Kevin Feige is keen on...
- 9/8/2019
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Even though epics such as The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans, DC vs. Marvel Comics and Jla/Avengers are long behind us, I’m sure fans of the Big Two remain clamoring for more crossovers in the future. To be honest, I wouldn’t rule out such a thing down the line, but it appears as though something like that won’t happen in an official sense anytime soon.
Fortunately, Marvel has a way to circumvent this in a way, as they have the Squadron Supreme at their disposal. For those unfamiliar, this gang consists of analogs for DC’s most iconic heroes. Instead of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman making up its ranks, there are Hyperion, Nighthawk and Power Princess. Funny enough, this was taken to new heights when Adam West voiced Nighthawk on The Super Hero Squad Show.
Thank to Jason Aaron, this concept will soon become more “meta.
Fortunately, Marvel has a way to circumvent this in a way, as they have the Squadron Supreme at their disposal. For those unfamiliar, this gang consists of analogs for DC’s most iconic heroes. Instead of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman making up its ranks, there are Hyperion, Nighthawk and Power Princess. Funny enough, this was taken to new heights when Adam West voiced Nighthawk on The Super Hero Squad Show.
Thank to Jason Aaron, this concept will soon become more “meta.
- 6/6/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
A new corner of the McU is about to open up over on Hulu. Netflix might have cancelled the Defenders-verse, but at least Disney seems to be working on developing a different, supernaturally-themed, superhero team for their rival streaming service.
Earlier this month, it was announced a Ghost Rider TV series was coming, starring Gabriel Luna as the Robbie Reyes version of the character he first played on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Alongside this, Helstrom is also in the works, focusing on Daimon and Ana Helstrom. Comics readers will know that they’re the son and daughter of the devil himself in the comics, but the TV versions have so far been described as the offspring of “a mysterious and powerful serial killer.”
Satan might not be appearing in these Hulu horror-infused shows then, but one of his most dangerous demons could be instead. We Got...
Earlier this month, it was announced a Ghost Rider TV series was coming, starring Gabriel Luna as the Robbie Reyes version of the character he first played on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Alongside this, Helstrom is also in the works, focusing on Daimon and Ana Helstrom. Comics readers will know that they’re the son and daughter of the devil himself in the comics, but the TV versions have so far been described as the offspring of “a mysterious and powerful serial killer.”
Satan might not be appearing in these Hulu horror-infused shows then, but one of his most dangerous demons could be instead. We Got...
- 5/14/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Final Report (Zárójelentés)
A titan of Hungarian cinema, the 80-year-old Istvan Szabo reunites with Austria’s Klaus Maria Brandauer for Final Report (Zárójelentés). The director and star worked together on a lauded trilogy of films in the 1980s, notably 1981’s Mephisto, which took home the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1985’s Colonel Redl and 1988’s Hanussen (both also nominated for Oscars in the same category). The film is produced by Pál Sándor and Attila Tozsér of Film Street and also stars Karoly Eperjes, Eva Kerekes, András Stohl, Dorottya Udvaros, Mari Csomós, Ági Szirtes, Enikő Börcsök, Eszter Csákányi and József Szarvas.…...
A titan of Hungarian cinema, the 80-year-old Istvan Szabo reunites with Austria’s Klaus Maria Brandauer for Final Report (Zárójelentés). The director and star worked together on a lauded trilogy of films in the 1980s, notably 1981’s Mephisto, which took home the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1985’s Colonel Redl and 1988’s Hanussen (both also nominated for Oscars in the same category). The film is produced by Pál Sándor and Attila Tozsér of Film Street and also stars Karoly Eperjes, Eva Kerekes, András Stohl, Dorottya Udvaros, Mari Csomós, Ági Szirtes, Enikő Börcsök, Eszter Csákányi and József Szarvas.…...
- 1/3/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
In today’s film news roundup, Dave Bautista is in talks for “Fantasy Island,” “Glam Masters” exec producer Diana Madison gets her first movie role and Kino Lorber buys 10 Hungarian classics.
Castings
“Guardians of the Galaxy” actor Dave Bautista is in negotiations to star in Blumhouse and Sony’s upcoming “Fantasy Island” movie.
Ricardo Montalban starred in the television series “Fantasy Island” as the white-suited Mr. Roarke who oversaw a mysterious island where people could live out their fantasies — for a price. The series, which ran for seven seasons from 1977 to 1984, often dealt with dark themes and the supernatural. If the deal goes through, Bautista would play a former guest who is still on the island against his will.
The TV show became best known for Mr. Roarke’s sidekick Tattoo (played by Hervé Villechaize), who would ring a bell in a bell tower and shout “Ze plane! Ze plane!
Castings
“Guardians of the Galaxy” actor Dave Bautista is in negotiations to star in Blumhouse and Sony’s upcoming “Fantasy Island” movie.
Ricardo Montalban starred in the television series “Fantasy Island” as the white-suited Mr. Roarke who oversaw a mysterious island where people could live out their fantasies — for a price. The series, which ran for seven seasons from 1977 to 1984, often dealt with dark themes and the supernatural. If the deal goes through, Bautista would play a former guest who is still on the island against his will.
The TV show became best known for Mr. Roarke’s sidekick Tattoo (played by Hervé Villechaize), who would ring a bell in a bell tower and shout “Ze plane! Ze plane!
- 10/11/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Screen’s regularly updated list of foreign language Oscar submissions.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
- 9/11/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
A newly restored 4K digital print of István Szabó’s Oscar-winning “Mephisto” will be among the European classics screening as part of the 2nd Budapest Classics Film Marathon, which runs Sept. 4-9. Claudia Cardinale, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Jean-Marc Barr will be among the event’s guests.
The first Marathon ran in November 2017, attracting more than 5,000 people over three days. This year’s edition, which runs over six days and includes the screening of more than 60 films, kicks off with an all-day workshop and conference on digital restoration and film in education, attended by the directors of European film archives. The restored “Mephisto” will screen on the opening evening, attended by Szabó, Brandauer and Lajos Koltai.
György Ráduly, director of the Hungarian National Film Archive, said in a statement: “The aim is to show, in a novel and interesting way, valuable, recently restored classical films that represent a part of...
The first Marathon ran in November 2017, attracting more than 5,000 people over three days. This year’s edition, which runs over six days and includes the screening of more than 60 films, kicks off with an all-day workshop and conference on digital restoration and film in education, attended by the directors of European film archives. The restored “Mephisto” will screen on the opening evening, attended by Szabó, Brandauer and Lajos Koltai.
György Ráduly, director of the Hungarian National Film Archive, said in a statement: “The aim is to show, in a novel and interesting way, valuable, recently restored classical films that represent a part of...
- 8/13/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Transilvania Intl. Film Festival’s Hungary Day pays tribute to the region’s largest ethnic minority – one that still plays a strong and vital cultural role in the region.
Once part of Hungary, the western Romanian city of Cluj, where the fest takes place, features schools, an opera house and literature in Hungarian – and, once a year, a large collection of films from its Magyar neighbor screen at Tiff.
The section features five narrative films and two documentaries screen this year, programmed by Zagoni Balint; there is also a tribute capped by honors for career achievement for Oscar-winning Hungarian director Istvan Szabo (“Mephisto”) and director-writer-editor Marta Meszaros, credited with more than 40 films over seven decades.
Several of the Hungarian films at Tiff take on once-taboo subjects, such as “1945” (pictured), Ferenc Torok’s evocative black-and-white account of the unwelcome return to a small town of Orthodox Jews who have survived the Holocaust.
Once part of Hungary, the western Romanian city of Cluj, where the fest takes place, features schools, an opera house and literature in Hungarian – and, once a year, a large collection of films from its Magyar neighbor screen at Tiff.
The section features five narrative films and two documentaries screen this year, programmed by Zagoni Balint; there is also a tribute capped by honors for career achievement for Oscar-winning Hungarian director Istvan Szabo (“Mephisto”) and director-writer-editor Marta Meszaros, credited with more than 40 films over seven decades.
Several of the Hungarian films at Tiff take on once-taboo subjects, such as “1945” (pictured), Ferenc Torok’s evocative black-and-white account of the unwelcome return to a small town of Orthodox Jews who have survived the Holocaust.
- 5/31/2018
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Marvel Comics' "Iron Fist" #80, in support of the Marvel TV/Netflix superhero martial arts action series , is written by Ed Brisson and illustrated by Damian Couceiro, with a cover by Jeff Dekal, available April 18, 2018:
"...in this 'Damnation' tie-in, there is fighting in the streets as 'Iron Fist' and 'Fat Cobra' reach an endgame. As 'Sin City' burns under the rule of 'Mephisto', the odds of survival turn against them.
"But at stake is not just the lives of Iron Fist and his compatriots but their very souls, as all hell breaks loose in the fiery finale..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Iron Fist"...
More "Iron Fist" Comic Books Here...
"...in this 'Damnation' tie-in, there is fighting in the streets as 'Iron Fist' and 'Fat Cobra' reach an endgame. As 'Sin City' burns under the rule of 'Mephisto', the odds of survival turn against them.
"But at stake is not just the lives of Iron Fist and his compatriots but their very souls, as all hell breaks loose in the fiery finale..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Iron Fist"...
More "Iron Fist" Comic Books Here...
- 4/14/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Marvel Comics "Damnation: Johnny Blaze - Ghost Rider" #1, available March 28, 2018, is written by Christopher Sebela and illustrated by Phil Noto, with covers by Clayton Crain:
"...the cursed 'Johnny Blaze takes the fight to a different demon than he usually faces -
"But 'Mephisto' will show Johnny his own brand of suffering -- and give Johnny plenty of reasons for vengeance..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ghost Rider"...
"...the cursed 'Johnny Blaze takes the fight to a different demon than he usually faces -
"But 'Mephisto' will show Johnny his own brand of suffering -- and give Johnny plenty of reasons for vengeance..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ghost Rider"...
- 3/23/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Marvel Comics' "Doctor Strange" #387, available March 14, 2018, is written by Donny Cates and illustrated by Niko Henrichon, with a cover by Michael Del Mundo:
"...in a 'Damnation' tie-in, 'Stephen Strange' is a captive in the 'Hotel Inferno', run by 'Mephisto'.
"His only chance to get out is by winning on the casino floor.
"But unfortunately, when it comes to gambling, the house always wins..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Doctor Strange"...
"...in a 'Damnation' tie-in, 'Stephen Strange' is a captive in the 'Hotel Inferno', run by 'Mephisto'.
"His only chance to get out is by winning on the casino floor.
"But unfortunately, when it comes to gambling, the house always wins..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Doctor Strange"...
- 3/11/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Despite its critical acclaim, Robin Campillo’s “Bpm (Beats per Minute),” was left out of the Best Foreign Language Film line-up at this year’s Golden Globes. While that snub was shocking, a Golden Globes bid is not essential for an Oscar win. Indeed, since the Golden Globes introduced this category in 1965, 19 of the 51 Academy Awards winners for Best Foreign Language Film were snubbed for this precursor prize:
1965: “The Shop on Main Street” (Czechoslovakia)
1971: “The Garden of the Finzi Continis (Italy)
1975: “Dersu Uzala” (Soviet Union)
1976: “Black and White in Color” (Ivory Coast)
1979: “The Tin Drum” (West Germany)
1980: “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” (Soviet Union)
1981: “Mephisto” (Hungary)
1982: “To Begin Again” (Spain)
1987: “Babette’s Feast” (Denmark)
1990: “Journey of Hope” (Switzerland)
1991: “Mediterraneo” (Italy)
1993: “Belle Époque” (Spain)
1994: “Burnt by the Sun” (Russia)
1995: “Antonia’s Line” (The Netherlands)
1997: “Character” (The Netherlands...
1965: “The Shop on Main Street” (Czechoslovakia)
1971: “The Garden of the Finzi Continis (Italy)
1975: “Dersu Uzala” (Soviet Union)
1976: “Black and White in Color” (Ivory Coast)
1979: “The Tin Drum” (West Germany)
1980: “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” (Soviet Union)
1981: “Mephisto” (Hungary)
1982: “To Begin Again” (Spain)
1987: “Babette’s Feast” (Denmark)
1990: “Journey of Hope” (Switzerland)
1991: “Mediterraneo” (Italy)
1993: “Belle Époque” (Spain)
1994: “Burnt by the Sun” (Russia)
1995: “Antonia’s Line” (The Netherlands)
1997: “Character” (The Netherlands...
- 12/13/2017
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Marta Eggerth: Operetta and film star — a sort of Jeanette MacDonald of Central European cinema — dead at 101 Marta Eggerth, an international star in film and stage operettas who frequently performed opposite husband Jan Kiepura, died on December 26, 2013, at her home in Rye, New York. The Budapest-born Eggerth had turned 101 last April 17. (Photo: Marta Eggerth ca. 1935.) Although best known for her roles in stage musicals such as the Max Reinhardt-directed 1927 Hamburg production of Die Fledermaus, and various incarnations of Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow, Marta Eggerth was featured in nearly 40 films. The vast majority of those were produced in Austria and Germany in the 1930s, as the Nazis ascended to power. Marta Eggerth films Marta Eggerth films, which frequently made use of her coloratura soprano voice, include Max Neufeld’s drama Eine Nacht im Grandhotel ("A Night at the Grand Hotel," 1931); the Victor Janson-directed musicals Once There Was a Waltz...
- 12/31/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Of Horses And Men won the Tridens and Fipresci prizes at Tallinn's Black Nights Film Festival The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival went out in a blaze of surreal glory on Saturday night, as the awards were handed out in a ceremony filled with slapstick asides involving some of the great and good of Estonian cinema, choral excellence and even a rendition of German heavy metal band Ramstein's Du Hast (You Hate).
Beginning with the Lumiere Brothers' famous Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, the stage became a locomotive to take us on a journey through the prizes, which included a lifetime achievement award for Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó (Mephisto, Colonel Redl). Oh, and did I mention the man in the wolf mascot suit? The result was certainly off-kilter but the high energy of everyone involved and general quirkiness mirrored the spirit of the festival and its organisers and volunteers - enthusiastic,...
Beginning with the Lumiere Brothers' famous Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, the stage became a locomotive to take us on a journey through the prizes, which included a lifetime achievement award for Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó (Mephisto, Colonel Redl). Oh, and did I mention the man in the wolf mascot suit? The result was certainly off-kilter but the high energy of everyone involved and general quirkiness mirrored the spirit of the festival and its organisers and volunteers - enthusiastic,...
- 12/2/2013
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Konstantin Lopushanskiy's The Role Sitting on the Baltic Sea, the capital of this young republic is hunkering down for the winter ahead as the daylight shrinks back to seven hours and the temperatures drop to freezing. This makes the warm glow of a cinema screen all the more appealing, as audiences, with a hearteningly young demographic, queue up for a taste of international cinema at the 17th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. With 500 films being shown and more than 50 filmmakers heading to town in support, they certainly don't lack choice.
At just past the midway point , the various international competitions are underway and the industry events have begun bringing truckloads of talent to town, with attendees as diverse as Mephisto director István Szabó, who has received the Bnff Lifetime Award this year, and the Canadian producer of Gabrielle and Whitewash Luc Dery, alongside industry delegates such as Alamo Drafthouse founder.
At just past the midway point , the various international competitions are underway and the industry events have begun bringing truckloads of talent to town, with attendees as diverse as Mephisto director István Szabó, who has received the Bnff Lifetime Award this year, and the Canadian producer of Gabrielle and Whitewash Luc Dery, alongside industry delegates such as Alamo Drafthouse founder.
- 11/27/2013
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
As the fifth volume of Focal Press’s exceedingly readable and loving exploratory series of the filmmaking process, Mike Goodridge’s FilmCraft: Directing follows the success of its predecessors with expectedly enjoyable results. Featuring discussions with sixteen of the world’s most influential and exciting working directors and five profiles of authentic legends that help shaped cinema as we know it, the brisk 192 page collection manages to touch on a wide range of creative epicenters, their immensely differing ideologies on the medium, and the egotistic, yet somewhat ambiguous job that a film director’s capacity really encompasses. The book serves an intimate peak into the stressful task of helming a feature, whether it be a massive Hollywood extravaganza or a homegrown intimacy.
Broken down by filmmaker, each section is structured around a principal discussion by the director at hand, with a variety of asides that fill out the full color...
Broken down by filmmaker, each section is structured around a principal discussion by the director at hand, with a variety of asides that fill out the full color...
- 7/25/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
If you were to attempt to genetically engineer the perfect film for Karlovy Vary, Eastern Europe’s biggest film festival and one of the oldest in the world, your checklist of ingredients might include: an internationally revered film star lead, a respected veteran European director, a Central or Eastern European setting, and a story in which both the Holocaust and post-WW2 communism figure largely. Maybe throw in a little subtext about class division and gender roles for good measure. “The Door” is a new Helen Mirren film from Hungarian director István Szabó ("Meeting Venus," "Being Julia,""Mephisto"), set in 1960s Budapest and detailing the relationship between a wealthy female novelist and a strong-willed cleaning lady, who may or may not be harbouring dark secrets regarding her actions during the war. It pretty much hits the jackpot, or rather it would have if it was good. It’s not.
The film’s problems manifest themselves early,...
The film’s problems manifest themselves early,...
- 7/3/2012
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
This ponderous movie is regarded by its writer-director, the talented Russian mystic Alexander Sokurov, as the concluding section of a quartet of films on the subject of the corrupting effects of power, following on from his biographical studies of Hitler (Moloch), Lenin (Taurus) and the emperor Hirohito (The Sun). It won the Golden Lion at Venice last year but is a dull affair, made in German, set in 18th-century central Europe, shot in the Czech Republic and Iceland. It has the impoverished, lugubrious scholar Faust pursuing the meaning of life and taking up with Mauritius, a grotesquely repellent version of Mephistopheles. Mauritius works as the town's pawnbroker and moneylender and reveals during one of his pointless romps with Faust to have his penis attached to his backside. After much rambling talk, Faust sells his soul to Mauritius in order to have sex with the local beauty, Margarete. He signs the...
- 5/12/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Ralph Fiennes's intelligent take on an unloved Shakespeare links it not only to the 1990s Balkans, but the present-day Arab spring
There's a fierce critical intelligence at work in Ralph Fiennes's new adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, set somewhere like the war-torn Serbia of the 1990s, a world of rolling TV news, image management and cynical deals cut in smoke-filled rooms. Fiennes makes a powerful case for Coriolanus as an essential, contemporary drama, about democracy, class war and the nation state. It reaches back to the Yugoslavian conflict, and the point is not just to satirise nationalist bullies and butchers, but also the smoothly indifferent mandarin class of western Europe in that era. The film also resonates with the Arab spring, where democratic gains can be annulled by the military. Fiennes directs and stars as the professional soldier lionised by Rome's ruling class for his attack on the threatening Volscian army,...
There's a fierce critical intelligence at work in Ralph Fiennes's new adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, set somewhere like the war-torn Serbia of the 1990s, a world of rolling TV news, image management and cynical deals cut in smoke-filled rooms. Fiennes makes a powerful case for Coriolanus as an essential, contemporary drama, about democracy, class war and the nation state. It reaches back to the Yugoslavian conflict, and the point is not just to satirise nationalist bullies and butchers, but also the smoothly indifferent mandarin class of western Europe in that era. The film also resonates with the Arab spring, where democratic gains can be annulled by the military. Fiennes directs and stars as the professional soldier lionised by Rome's ruling class for his attack on the threatening Volscian army,...
- 1/20/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
#57. The Door Director: István SzabóWriter(s): Szabó and Andrea VészitsProducers: Jenõ Hábermann and Sándor Söth Distributor: Rights Available The Gist: Based on the novel by Magda Szabó, this is a story of a special relationship between two women, a writer and her maid...(more) Cast: Helen Mirren and Martina Gedeck List Worthy Reasons...: Look no further than this Hungarian-German co-production for perhaps the under the radar acting performance of 2012. It could back to back years where the relationship with maid turns out to be material worth exploring (Andrei Zvyagintsev's Elena was gold) as veteran Oscar-winning Hungarian director István Szabó managed to lasso Helen Mirren in what will be known as her most unglamorous role to date. Release Date/Status?: Main Competition at Cannes appears likely as Szabo has been a frequent guest and winner at the fest (Mephisto). ...
- 1/6/2012
- IONCINEMA.com
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced that Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó (the Oscar-winning "Mephisto," "Being Julia") will serve as the head of the international jury at this year's festival. The 2011 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival runs from July 1-9. The full release follows below... István Szabó to preside jury at 2011 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival April 6, 2011 The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is ...
- 4/6/2011
- Indiewire
Francis Ford Coppola wasn’t around to give writer W. Somerset Maugham his father’s famous advice about “stealing” from the best to create your own art, but mystic Aleister Crowley accused the British author of doing just that after he read Maugham’s 1908 novel, The Magician. Maybe it was just sour grapes—seeing as how Maugham’s fantasy-terror tale was said to be inspired in part by Crowley’s life—but in Maugham’s story of a mad medical student who dabbles in the occult secrets of creating life (not to mention unnecessary surgery), Crowley saw elements he felt were directly lifted variously from Rosenroth’s Kabbalah Unveiled, as well as a book about 16th-century physician/alchemist Paracelsus and H.G. Wells’ man-beast classic The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Sounds like that could be a great movie? Not only has the obscure 1926 silent thriller made from Maugham’s book, produced and directed by Rex Ingram,...
Sounds like that could be a great movie? Not only has the obscure 1926 silent thriller made from Maugham’s book, produced and directed by Rex Ingram,...
- 11/15/2010
- by Movies Unlimited
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
tuesday top ten returns! It's for the list-maker in me and the list-lover in you
The Cannes film festival wrapped this weekend (previous posts) and the most recent Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, The Secret in Their Eyes is still in the midst of a successful Us run. That Oscar winning Argentinian film came to us from director Juan Jose Campanella. It's his second film to be honored by the Academy (Son of the Bride was nominated ten years back). The Academy voters obviously like Campanella and in some ways he's a Hollywood guy. When he's not directing Argentinian Oscar hopefuls he spends time making Us television with episodes of Law & Order, House and 30 Rock under his belt.
So let's talk foreign-language auteurs. Who does Oscar love most?
[The film titles discussed in this article will link to Netflix pages -- if available -- should you be curious to see the films]
Best Director winners Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) and Milos Forman
(Amadeus and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Please Note:...
The Cannes film festival wrapped this weekend (previous posts) and the most recent Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, The Secret in Their Eyes is still in the midst of a successful Us run. That Oscar winning Argentinian film came to us from director Juan Jose Campanella. It's his second film to be honored by the Academy (Son of the Bride was nominated ten years back). The Academy voters obviously like Campanella and in some ways he's a Hollywood guy. When he's not directing Argentinian Oscar hopefuls he spends time making Us television with episodes of Law & Order, House and 30 Rock under his belt.
So let's talk foreign-language auteurs. Who does Oscar love most?
[The film titles discussed in this article will link to Netflix pages -- if available -- should you be curious to see the films]
Best Director winners Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) and Milos Forman
(Amadeus and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Please Note:...
- 5/31/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Fritz Lang entered the sound era with a bold expressionist thriller that captured the ugly mood of the years before the Third Reich
Having completed an extraordinary body of silent films in 1929, Fritz Lang entered the sound era with this bold masterwork, an expressionist thriller that captured the ugly mood of Germany just before the Nazis came to power, and was banned as soon as they took over.
M provided the blueprint for police procedural thrillers, anticipated the vogue for stories about serial killers, and centres on a great performance by Peter Lorre as a child murderer who creates panic in a German city and unites the authorities and the underworld in hunting him down. This subtly lit film uses sound in innovative ways, and concludes with a deeply moving scene in which Lorre's Hans Beckert is tried in a kangaroo court convened by criminal bosses, one of them played...
Having completed an extraordinary body of silent films in 1929, Fritz Lang entered the sound era with this bold masterwork, an expressionist thriller that captured the ugly mood of Germany just before the Nazis came to power, and was banned as soon as they took over.
M provided the blueprint for police procedural thrillers, anticipated the vogue for stories about serial killers, and centres on a great performance by Peter Lorre as a child murderer who creates panic in a German city and unites the authorities and the underworld in hunting him down. This subtly lit film uses sound in innovative ways, and concludes with a deeply moving scene in which Lorre's Hans Beckert is tried in a kangaroo court convened by criminal bosses, one of them played...
- 3/14/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Tom Sturridge’s dreams of being an actor sparked at 14 when he saw a film called Mephisto by István Szabó. At 17 and drama school-less, he auditioned for Being Julia, a new film by his hero Szabó. If you’ve already gotten ahead of me and read his IMDb credits (oh, you), then you know he got the part!
Read more on Interview: Tom Sturridge (Pirate Radio/The Boat That Rocked)…...
Read more on Interview: Tom Sturridge (Pirate Radio/The Boat That Rocked)…...
- 11/9/2009
- by Chase Whale
- GordonandtheWhale
Oskar Roehler is breathing new life into the classic story of Faust> as the helmer will direct the pic for Tele Muenchen Group and its production subsid Clasart. Moritz Bleibtreu (The Baader Meinhof Complex) is set to play Mephisto, the only part so far cast in the production. The idea behind Faust is that Mephisto has a bet with an angel that he can corrupt a righteous man's soul. If he succeeds, the Devil will win dominion over earth. High-profile cinematic adaptations of the German legend include F.W. Murnau's 1926 film and Peter Gorski's 1960 version, which starred Gustav Gruendgens (whose own career was the basis for Klaus Mann's novel "Mephisto" and Istvan Szabo's 1981 Oscar-winning adaptation, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer).
- 8/18/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
COLOGNE, Germany -- Manfred Durniok, the Oscar-winning producer of Hungarian director Istvan Szabo's Mephisto as well of dozens of European and Asian art house features, died Friday in Berlin. He was 68. Durniok's Berlin-based production company, Manfred Durniok Produktion fuer Film und Fernsehen, confirmed Tuesday that the producer died of a heart attack.
- 3/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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.