Thunder Road is headed into space after acquiring the movie rights to iconic sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury’s short story Frost and Fire.
Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper are attached to direct the feature film adaptation based on a script written by Doug Simon. Frost and Fire follows the intrepid young pilot of a space mining mission who finds himself scrambling to survive after crash-landing on a mysterious planet where life moves at a frighteningly accelerated pace.
The eerie short story explores how seminal values, emotions and relationships are affected when a person’s life spans only eight days. Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee will produce the movie adaptation for Thunder Road, while Charlie Morrison, Will Flynn and Mahal Sourgose will executive produce.
The writing and directing duo of Buozyte and Samper, known for their post-apocalyptic world-building, were behind the recent dystopian sci-fi thriller Vesper, released by IFC. They also...
Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper are attached to direct the feature film adaptation based on a script written by Doug Simon. Frost and Fire follows the intrepid young pilot of a space mining mission who finds himself scrambling to survive after crash-landing on a mysterious planet where life moves at a frighteningly accelerated pace.
The eerie short story explores how seminal values, emotions and relationships are affected when a person’s life spans only eight days. Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee will produce the movie adaptation for Thunder Road, while Charlie Morrison, Will Flynn and Mahal Sourgose will executive produce.
The writing and directing duo of Buozyte and Samper, known for their post-apocalyptic world-building, were behind the recent dystopian sci-fi thriller Vesper, released by IFC. They also...
- 2/29/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Aurora,” the once fictional album imagined by Taylor Jenkins Reid in her best-selling novel “Daisy Jones & the Six” has come to life with 11 of the 25 original songs written for Prime Video’s TV show adaptation. Blake Mills and Tony Berg reimagined songs Reid listed in the back of her book for “Aurora,” enlisting collaborators like Marcus Mumford, Phoebe Bridgers and more to write and record the album.
But in addition to the original Daisy Jones & the Six songs, classic 70s rock and roll hits like Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move” and The Byrds’ “Goin’ Back” set the scene for the collision of Daisy Jones and rock band The Six, who rocket to fame together, echoing the dynamic of Fleetwood Mac, Civil Wars and The Eagles to name a few.
Here are all the songs in “Daisy Jones & the Six”:
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But in addition to the original Daisy Jones & the Six songs, classic 70s rock and roll hits like Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move” and The Byrds’ “Goin’ Back” set the scene for the collision of Daisy Jones and rock band The Six, who rocket to fame together, echoing the dynamic of Fleetwood Mac, Civil Wars and The Eagles to name a few.
Here are all the songs in “Daisy Jones & the Six”:
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‘Daisy Jones & the Six...
- 3/4/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
In addition to disguising his British accent to star in Prime Video’s “Daisy Jones & the Six,” Sam Claflin had to overcome singing like he was “on Broadway” to fully embody rocker Billy Dunne in the adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s best-selling book.
The show simultaneously follows Daisy Jones’ music pursuits while Billy Dunne takes over the band that his brother Graham (Will Harrison) started with childhood friends Eddie Roundtree (Josh Whitehouse), later recruiting keyboardist Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse) and creatively supported by Billy’s girlfriend Camila (Camila Morrone). Daisy gets a head start witnessing the growing LA rock scene on the Sunset strip, and The Six (formerly the Dunne Brothers) move to California from Pittsburgh when they decide to get serious.
“I read the book after I’d read the first couple of episodes and that was my introduction, not only into this story,” but to 1970s Los Angeles,...
The show simultaneously follows Daisy Jones’ music pursuits while Billy Dunne takes over the band that his brother Graham (Will Harrison) started with childhood friends Eddie Roundtree (Josh Whitehouse), later recruiting keyboardist Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse) and creatively supported by Billy’s girlfriend Camila (Camila Morrone). Daisy gets a head start witnessing the growing LA rock scene on the Sunset strip, and The Six (formerly the Dunne Brothers) move to California from Pittsburgh when they decide to get serious.
“I read the book after I’d read the first couple of episodes and that was my introduction, not only into this story,” but to 1970s Los Angeles,...
- 3/4/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
To portray the eponymous lead singer in Prime Video’s new series “Daisy Jones & the Six,” Riley Keough drew from both print and audio versions of Taylor Jenkins Reid book, as well as an unexpected source — a letter written by Janis Joplin to her family.
Adapted from Reid’s New York Times bestseller, the show mixes documentary-style footage and flashbacks to follow the rise and fall of a band first called The Dunne Brothers — lead singer Billy and guitarist Graham Dunne (Will Harrison), bassist Eddie Roundtree (Josh Whitehouse) and drummer Warren Rojas (Sebastian Chacon) — later named The Six after two women — keyboardist Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse) and Billy’s girlfriend Camila (Camila Morrone) join the team.
Keough told TheWrap how she drew a sense of “childlike wonder” from a real-life letter that singer Janis Joplin wrote to her family. That correspondence helped Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, add...
Adapted from Reid’s New York Times bestseller, the show mixes documentary-style footage and flashbacks to follow the rise and fall of a band first called The Dunne Brothers — lead singer Billy and guitarist Graham Dunne (Will Harrison), bassist Eddie Roundtree (Josh Whitehouse) and drummer Warren Rojas (Sebastian Chacon) — later named The Six after two women — keyboardist Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse) and Billy’s girlfriend Camila (Camila Morrone) join the team.
Keough told TheWrap how she drew a sense of “childlike wonder” from a real-life letter that singer Janis Joplin wrote to her family. That correspondence helped Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, add...
- 3/4/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Following a competitive bidding situation, Sony has won global rights to “My Ex-Friend’s Wedding,” starring Ariana DeBose, Amanda Seyfried, Chloe Fineman and Megan Stalter.
“Daisy Jones and the Six” author Taylor Jenkins Reid wrote the comedy with Ashley Rodger. Kay Cannon will direct and contributed revisions to the script.
The film follows four childhood best friends who spring into action when they get a voicemail from another former best friend on the eve of her wedding day. To stop her from making the worst mistake of her life, they band together and attempt to rekindle their old bond.
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Production is slated to begin this summer. Sister acquired the spec script after it was developed by Circle of Confusion. Co-Founder and Global CEO Stacey Snider will produce, along with Deb Hayward, Circle of...
“Daisy Jones and the Six” author Taylor Jenkins Reid wrote the comedy with Ashley Rodger. Kay Cannon will direct and contributed revisions to the script.
The film follows four childhood best friends who spring into action when they get a voicemail from another former best friend on the eve of her wedding day. To stop her from making the worst mistake of her life, they band together and attempt to rekindle their old bond.
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‘Daisy Jones & the Six': Here’s Who Sang and Wrote Every ‘Aurora’ Song
Production is slated to begin this summer. Sister acquired the spec script after it was developed by Circle of Confusion. Co-Founder and Global CEO Stacey Snider will produce, along with Deb Hayward, Circle of...
- 3/3/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
This article contains light spoilers for the first three episodes of Daisy Jones & The Six.
Daisy Jones & The Six has become one of the most anticipated series of the year, and as it finally drops on Prime Video, the team have been kind enough to drop the entire Aurora album at the same time.
Produced by Blake Mills – who’s previously collaborated with Lana Del Ray, Dixie Chicks and John Legend – songwriters including Phoebe Bridgers, Marcus Mumford, Jackson Browne and Marcus Cunningham were brought on board to tune up the lyrics from Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book, and bring them to life in 70s technicolour.
And yes, the actors really are singing and performing of the album (you can thank the pandemic for allowing them time to tune up and become the Daisy Jones & The Six that now appears on your screen).
Aurora is the seminal classic...
Daisy Jones & The Six has become one of the most anticipated series of the year, and as it finally drops on Prime Video, the team have been kind enough to drop the entire Aurora album at the same time.
Produced by Blake Mills – who’s previously collaborated with Lana Del Ray, Dixie Chicks and John Legend – songwriters including Phoebe Bridgers, Marcus Mumford, Jackson Browne and Marcus Cunningham were brought on board to tune up the lyrics from Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book, and bring them to life in 70s technicolour.
And yes, the actors really are singing and performing of the album (you can thank the pandemic for allowing them time to tune up and become the Daisy Jones & The Six that now appears on your screen).
Aurora is the seminal classic...
- 3/3/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
From the moment Riley Keough heard about “Daisy Jones & the Six,” she felt it was her destiny to play the title character.
“I just knew I was gonna be Daisy,” she tells Variety about Prime Video’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel, which chronicles the rise and fall of a 1970s rock band. “It was very weird.”
And then the anxiety set in. Despite having music in her blood — she’s the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley — Keough says she had no professional singing experience coming into the show. That seems almost unbelievable upon hearing the first note she sings, her voice velvety yet jagged, in the debut episode.
“I was really like, I don’t know if I can do it,” Keough says of playing Daisy, a Stevie Nicks-inspired singer-songwriter who falls in lust with her bandmate Billy Dunne...
“I just knew I was gonna be Daisy,” she tells Variety about Prime Video’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel, which chronicles the rise and fall of a 1970s rock band. “It was very weird.”
And then the anxiety set in. Despite having music in her blood — she’s the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley — Keough says she had no professional singing experience coming into the show. That seems almost unbelievable upon hearing the first note she sings, her voice velvety yet jagged, in the debut episode.
“I was really like, I don’t know if I can do it,” Keough says of playing Daisy, a Stevie Nicks-inspired singer-songwriter who falls in lust with her bandmate Billy Dunne...
- 3/3/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Daisy Jones & The Six may not have existed in the 1970s, but they do now.
Sam Claflin, Riley Keough, Suki Waterhouse, Sebastian Chacon, Josh Whitehouse, and Will Harrison bring the once-fictional rock band to life in Prime Video’s adaptation of the best-selling novel, which debuts on Friday.
“I think the band really does exist, and it’s us,” Chacon, who plays drummer Warren Rojas, told Deadline. “We played a considerable amount of time together. We really got to the point where we’re not only proficient and capable, but also very comfortable and we look like we’ve been playing together for a long time — because we have.”
If all had gone according to plan, Daisy Jones & The Six would have begun production in April of 2020.
Prior to the series, the cast were novice musicians. They were expected to undergo a few months of individual music lessons...
Sam Claflin, Riley Keough, Suki Waterhouse, Sebastian Chacon, Josh Whitehouse, and Will Harrison bring the once-fictional rock band to life in Prime Video’s adaptation of the best-selling novel, which debuts on Friday.
“I think the band really does exist, and it’s us,” Chacon, who plays drummer Warren Rojas, told Deadline. “We played a considerable amount of time together. We really got to the point where we’re not only proficient and capable, but also very comfortable and we look like we’ve been playing together for a long time — because we have.”
If all had gone according to plan, Daisy Jones & The Six would have begun production in April of 2020.
Prior to the series, the cast were novice musicians. They were expected to undergo a few months of individual music lessons...
- 3/3/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
"Daisy Jones & The Six" hits Amazon Prime Video on March 3. The show, which is based on the book of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid, centers around a fictional rock band's rise to stardom during the 1970s. In the series, Daisy Jones (Riley Keough) meets Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin) and joins his band, The Six. Together, they record the hit album "Aurora" before the group splits up. Apart from Billy, The Six is made up of lead guitarist Graham Dunne (Will Harrison), keyboardist Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse), bassist Eddie Roundtree (Josh Whitehouse), and drummer Warren Rojas (Sebastian Chacon).
While Daisy Jones & The Six may not be a real band, the show's cast actually learned to sing and play instruments to make their performances appear as real as possible. The series' showrunner Scott Neustadter told EW because of the pandemic, the cast was able to receive lengthy music training...
While Daisy Jones & The Six may not be a real band, the show's cast actually learned to sing and play instruments to make their performances appear as real as possible. The series' showrunner Scott Neustadter told EW because of the pandemic, the cast was able to receive lengthy music training...
- 3/2/2023
- by Michele Mendez
- Popsugar.com
Life imitates art with the release of “Daisy Jones & The Six” album Aurora.
The film stars Riley Keough in the titular role along with Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, and others.
The talents portraying the fictional band took it a step further by actually recording and releasing the album Aurora which came out today.
Read More: Sam Claflin Recalls Singing Elton John’s ‘Your Song’ ‘Terribly’ For ‘Daisy Jones’ Audition
Keough announced the release on Instagram with the caption, “So the Aurora album is officially out today. I’m so grateful that I got the opportunity to know what it’s like to record an album, it’s an experience I will always hold close to my heart. Thank you @blakemills and @tonyberg1 for your genius and your time.”
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The film stars Riley Keough in the titular role along with Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, and others.
The talents portraying the fictional band took it a step further by actually recording and releasing the album Aurora which came out today.
Read More: Sam Claflin Recalls Singing Elton John’s ‘Your Song’ ‘Terribly’ For ‘Daisy Jones’ Audition
Keough announced the release on Instagram with the caption, “So the Aurora album is officially out today. I’m so grateful that I got the opportunity to know what it’s like to record an album, it’s an experience I will always hold close to my heart. Thank you @blakemills and @tonyberg1 for your genius and your time.”
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- 3/2/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
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It’s been over three years since author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel about sex, drugs, and a famous Seventies band’s rise to stardom, Daisy Jones & the Six, rocked bookshelves everywhere. But now fans of the bestseller will meet the band on the screen — and finally hear the music that changed its members’ lives forever — thanks to the new show streaming on Prime Video.
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It’s been over three years since author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel about sex, drugs, and a famous Seventies band’s rise to stardom, Daisy Jones & the Six, rocked bookshelves everywhere. But now fans of the bestseller will meet the band on the screen — and finally hear the music that changed its members’ lives forever — thanks to the new show streaming on Prime Video.
Buy: Daisy Jones...
- 3/2/2023
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
The most important character in Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel Daisy Jones & The Six? It’s the music – and any devotee of the book, a fictional oral history of a Seventies rock band, will have strong feelings about exactly how it should sound. It might have shades of Stevie Nicks, a touch of Joni Mitchell, a dash of The Eagles’ soft rock – and it has to feel vital, like it “takes a piece of your heart out and shows it to you”, as the group’s singer Billy Dunne puts it. The success of Prime Video’s Daisy Jones TV adaptation, then, was always going to ride on the songs – but how do you write the perfect track for an entirely made-up artist?
There is a time-honoured tradition of music written specifically for on-screen stories, from the sublime to the ridiculous. Think of Lady Gaga’s Ally making her...
There is a time-honoured tradition of music written specifically for on-screen stories, from the sublime to the ridiculous. Think of Lady Gaga’s Ally making her...
- 3/2/2023
- by Katie Rosseinsky
- The Independent - TV
Fontaines D.C. have released their cover of Nick Drake’s cherished “‘Cello Song.” The recording serves as first single off of a forthcoming tribute project, The Endless Coloured Ways – The Songs of Nick Drake, out on July 7th via Chrysalis Records.
Adopting a different approach than Drake’s original (first released on 1969’s Five Leaves Left), Fontaines switch out the bustling acoustics and the titular cello for a driving backbeat, a soundscape of guitars, and a haunting melody that, all combined, use Drake’s same spark to light a whole new flame. Hearing vocalist Grian Chatten croon the final verse, “So forget this cruel world/ Where I belong/ I’ll just sit and wait/ And sing my song,” it makes one reflect on how Drake would feel if he could see the impact he’s made on so many artists since his tragic death in 1974. Watch the music video for Fontaines D.
Adopting a different approach than Drake’s original (first released on 1969’s Five Leaves Left), Fontaines switch out the bustling acoustics and the titular cello for a driving backbeat, a soundscape of guitars, and a haunting melody that, all combined, use Drake’s same spark to light a whole new flame. Hearing vocalist Grian Chatten croon the final verse, “So forget this cruel world/ Where I belong/ I’ll just sit and wait/ And sing my song,” it makes one reflect on how Drake would feel if he could see the impact he’s made on so many artists since his tragic death in 1974. Watch the music video for Fontaines D.
- 3/1/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
In Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Daisy Jones & the Six, an oral history of a fictional Seventies rock band that imploded at the height of its fame, we get conflicting accounts of how the band became known as the Six before the troubled Daisy joined as the seventh member. The surviving musicians disagree on specifics, but all concur that it had to do with there being six people in the group at the time.
In Amazon Prime’s adaptation, the pre-Daisy incarnation of the band has one fewer member.
In Amazon Prime’s adaptation, the pre-Daisy incarnation of the band has one fewer member.
- 3/1/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
In 1978, the Kinks sang: “He just spends his life, living in a rock ‘n’ roll fantasy; He just spends his life, living on the edge of reality.” This mid-1970s sentiment of California dreamin’ foregrounds a young woman with that same impossible, crazy and ultimately disenchanting dream — singer, songwriter, flame-haired trainwreck Daisy Jones played by the perfectly cast firecracker Riley Keough, Elvis’ granddaughter, in Amazon Prime Video’s “Daisy Jones & the Six.”
It’s part the familiar saga of the rise and splatter of a band like “Fleetwood Mac,” circa the album “Rumours:” the drugs, the demons and the outsized desires of its members. And then, driven by a spectacular performance by Keough, it’s about the power of finding one’s voice and hoping the journey liberates rather than destroys the seeker.
Based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s New York Times bestseller, a chick lit book beloved by...
It’s part the familiar saga of the rise and splatter of a band like “Fleetwood Mac,” circa the album “Rumours:” the drugs, the demons and the outsized desires of its members. And then, driven by a spectacular performance by Keough, it’s about the power of finding one’s voice and hoping the journey liberates rather than destroys the seeker.
Based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s New York Times bestseller, a chick lit book beloved by...
- 3/1/2023
- by Thelma Adams
- The Wrap
In one of their very first arguments, Billy (Sam Claflin) bristles at Daisy (Riley Keough) reworking the lyrics to the song he’s just written. From his perspective, it’s fine as the straightforward declaration of love that it is; from hers, it’s missed potential to dig deeper. To Billy’s great irritation, their producer Teddy (Tom Wright) sides with Daisy. “You wrote a good song,” he tells Billy. “Not a great one.”
Daisy Jones & The Six, Amazon’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel about a fictional band in the 1970s Los Angeles rock scene, is a good show, not a great one. There’s much about it worth celebrating, especially for readers who’ve long dreamt of seeing these characters brought to life and listening to their hit album Aurora for real. But somewhere in the process of trying to deliver exactly what’s expected of it,...
Daisy Jones & The Six, Amazon’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel about a fictional band in the 1970s Los Angeles rock scene, is a good show, not a great one. There’s much about it worth celebrating, especially for readers who’ve long dreamt of seeing these characters brought to life and listening to their hit album Aurora for real. But somewhere in the process of trying to deliver exactly what’s expected of it,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Daisy Jones & the Six,” Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel, just got a new trailer that will make you jones for more behind-the-music drama. The 10-episode series stars Riley Keough and Sam Claflin and is coming to Prime Video on Friday, March 3, and the trailer gives us our best preview to date of Elvis’ granddaughter’s singing voice. She has a voice made for soft rock! The song featured in the trailer is “Look At Us Now (Honeycomb),” which is one of 24 original songs written for the series and recorded by the cast. The soundtrack will be released as the show rolls out through March 24.
“Daisy Jones & the Six” charts the rise and fall of the titular band, a ‘70s rock group inspired by Fleetwood Mac. This means there’s infidelity, extremely complicated relationship dynamics, and great tunes. The band is led...
“Daisy Jones & the Six” charts the rise and fall of the titular band, a ‘70s rock group inspired by Fleetwood Mac. This means there’s infidelity, extremely complicated relationship dynamics, and great tunes. The band is led...
- 2/15/2023
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
Daisy Jones & the Six, the band author Taylor Jenkins Reid conjured up in her novel of the same name – now being adapted into a series at Prime Video – initially began as two separate entities: Daisy Jones (Riley Keough) on her own and the seventies rock band the Six, led by Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin). On the band’s latest single, “Look At Us Now (Honeycomb),” the two separate pieces strike gold as they merge into one.
Written and produced by Blake Mills with lyrical assistance from Marcus Mumford, the record...
Written and produced by Blake Mills with lyrical assistance from Marcus Mumford, the record...
- 2/15/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Riley Keough and Sam Claflin are on their way to making a good thing bad in the latest trailer for Prime Video‘s Daisy Jones & the Six.
Based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the series follows the story of the iconic 1970s band, fronted by two feuding yet charismatic lead singers, Daisy Jones (Keough) and Billy Dunne (Claflin). The trailer released Wednesday shows the pair drawn into a complicated musical partnership that quickly catapults the band from obscurity to unbelievable fame. As they continue to work together, their artistic chemistry quickly turns personal.
After a sold-out show at Chicago’s Soldier Field, they suddenly called it quits. Now, decades later, the band members finally agree to reveal the truth. Set to the soundtrack of original music from the Daisy Jones & the Six, this is the story of how an iconic band imploded at the height of its powers.
Based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the series follows the story of the iconic 1970s band, fronted by two feuding yet charismatic lead singers, Daisy Jones (Keough) and Billy Dunne (Claflin). The trailer released Wednesday shows the pair drawn into a complicated musical partnership that quickly catapults the band from obscurity to unbelievable fame. As they continue to work together, their artistic chemistry quickly turns personal.
After a sold-out show at Chicago’s Soldier Field, they suddenly called it quits. Now, decades later, the band members finally agree to reveal the truth. Set to the soundtrack of original music from the Daisy Jones & the Six, this is the story of how an iconic band imploded at the height of its powers.
- 2/15/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video has shared the trailer for its adaptation of BookTok favorite Daisy Jones & the Six starring Riley Keough as the eponymous character alongside Sam Claflin and Suki Waterhouse. Watch it ahead of the March 3rd premiere below.
Based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book of the same name, the musical drama series will follow the rise and fall of the titular ’70s rock band fronted by Daisy Jones (Keough) and Billy Dunne (Claflin). Decades after calling it quits, each bandmate sits down for an interview about their side of the story. As one could guess, the story is heavily inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours era.
The full-length trailer provides an extended glimpse at the drama that fuels the meteoritic rise of Daisy Jones & the Six, who immediately score a No. 1 hit with their debut single. The “intimate” chemistry between Daisy and Billy in the studio and on...
Based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book of the same name, the musical drama series will follow the rise and fall of the titular ’70s rock band fronted by Daisy Jones (Keough) and Billy Dunne (Claflin). Decades after calling it quits, each bandmate sits down for an interview about their side of the story. As one could guess, the story is heavily inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours era.
The full-length trailer provides an extended glimpse at the drama that fuels the meteoritic rise of Daisy Jones & the Six, who immediately score a No. 1 hit with their debut single. The “intimate” chemistry between Daisy and Billy in the studio and on...
- 2/15/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Prime Video’s bringing Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Daisy Jones & The Six to life in a limited series starring Riley Keough (The Terminal List) as Daisy and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games franchise) as Billy Dunne, the lead singer/songwriter of The Six. The teaser trailer offers a taste of what’s in store and features “Regret Me,” one of the series’ 24 original songs.
Filling out The Six are Will Harrison as guitarist Graham Dunne, Suki Waterhouse as keyboardist Karen Sirko, Josh Whitehouse as bassist Eddie Roundtree, and Sebastian Chacon as drummer Warren Rojas. The limited series’ cast also includes Camila Morrone as Camila Dunne, Nabiyah Be as Simone Jackson, and Tom Wright as Teddy Price. Timothy Olyphant pops up in a guest starring role as Rod Reyes.
Author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s fascination with the breakup of the Civil Wars in 2014, as well as Fleetwood Mac’s...
Filling out The Six are Will Harrison as guitarist Graham Dunne, Suki Waterhouse as keyboardist Karen Sirko, Josh Whitehouse as bassist Eddie Roundtree, and Sebastian Chacon as drummer Warren Rojas. The limited series’ cast also includes Camila Morrone as Camila Dunne, Nabiyah Be as Simone Jackson, and Tom Wright as Teddy Price. Timothy Olyphant pops up in a guest starring role as Rod Reyes.
Author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s fascination with the breakup of the Civil Wars in 2014, as well as Fleetwood Mac’s...
- 2/8/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Armenia’s submission to the Oscars, animated feature “Aurora’s Sunrise,” took home the top Jury Award for best documentary at the MiradasDoc Festival, Spain’s foremost documentary film festival, which wrapped its 16th edition on Feb 4.
The festival closed on a strong note, reaffirming its relevance where interest in and demand for documentaries have only grown in strength, thanks largely to wider exposure and distribution on streamers.
Directed by Inna Sahakyan, the Armenian-German-Lithuanian co-production tells the true harrowing tale of Aurora, a survivor of the 1915 Armenian genocide who lost her family, fled slavery and later endured the grinding publicity machine of Hollywood. Doc had its world premiere at Annecy 2022.
Announcing their choice, the jury made up of Hicham Falah, Jane Mote and Ricardo Acosta, described “Aurora’s Sunrise” as “a convincing story elegantly told, through archives, animation and fiction, about a little-known genocide that sheds light and awareness on today’s political tensions and challenges.
The festival closed on a strong note, reaffirming its relevance where interest in and demand for documentaries have only grown in strength, thanks largely to wider exposure and distribution on streamers.
Directed by Inna Sahakyan, the Armenian-German-Lithuanian co-production tells the true harrowing tale of Aurora, a survivor of the 1915 Armenian genocide who lost her family, fled slavery and later endured the grinding publicity machine of Hollywood. Doc had its world premiere at Annecy 2022.
Announcing their choice, the jury made up of Hicham Falah, Jane Mote and Ricardo Acosta, described “Aurora’s Sunrise” as “a convincing story elegantly told, through archives, animation and fiction, about a little-known genocide that sheds light and awareness on today’s political tensions and challenges.
- 2/5/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: IFC Films has acquired North American rights to sci-fi thriller Vesper (formerly known as Vesper Seeds) directed by Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and France’s Bruno Samper.
The film will premiere next month in the Crystal Globe Competition of the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Cast includes Raffiella Chapman (The Theory Of Everything), Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) and Richard Brake (Game Of Thrones).
Set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, the film follows Vesper (Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the Citadel – the dark central hub where oligarchs live in comfort thanks to state-of-the-art biotechnology.
The film will premiere next month in the Crystal Globe Competition of the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Cast includes Raffiella Chapman (The Theory Of Everything), Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) and Richard Brake (Game Of Thrones).
Set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, the film follows Vesper (Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the Citadel – the dark central hub where oligarchs live in comfort thanks to state-of-the-art biotechnology.
- 6/6/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Euro producer and sales firm Anton is heading to the virtual EFM with sci-fi drama Vesper Seeds, starring Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes), Raffiella Chapman (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist), Richard Brake (Game of Thrones) and Melanie Gaydos (Insidious: The Last Key).
Shoot is due to begin in late March in Lithuania.
Set in a dystopian future after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, the film will follow Vesper (Chapman), a strong-willed 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the decaying remnants of the collapsed world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after a jet crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for being taken to the Citadel — the dark central hub where oligarchs use genetic technologies to rule the world. Vesper soon discovers that her evil neighbor,...
Shoot is due to begin in late March in Lithuania.
Set in a dystopian future after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, the film will follow Vesper (Chapman), a strong-willed 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the decaying remnants of the collapsed world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after a jet crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for being taken to the Citadel — the dark central hub where oligarchs use genetic technologies to rule the world. Vesper soon discovers that her evil neighbor,...
- 2/26/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Our International Sales Agent (Isa) of the Day coverage has resumed for this year's Cannes Film Festival. We will feature successful, upcoming, innovative and trailblazing agents from around the world (during and after the festival) and cover the latest trends in sales and distribution. Beyond the numbers and deals, this segment will also share inspirational and unique stories of how these individuals have evolved and paved their way in the industry, and what they envision for the new waves in global cinema.
Matteo Lovadina is the founder and sole principal of Reel Suspects, a multi-faceted “all rights” distribution company based in Paris, France. He represents "feature films with a twist": films both from first-time and revered directors, including the genres of cult, classic, thriller, horror, fantasy, Lgbt and erotic. His background as a photographer inspires him to choose only the richest quality of cinematography for the Reel Suspects catalog. His aim is to share the most cinematic and innovative stories.
Matteo talks about his reasonably budgeted films, the first Reel Suspects co-productions, and gives realistic advice to first-time filmmakers who are looking for distribution:
When and how did you start Reel Suspects?
I started Reel Suspects in 2011, after ten years in the business as a sales agent. When I started the company, I really wanted to focus on young directors and films by true auteurs. We love independent cinema, and it is our passion to put amazing and visually stunning films into distribution. A twist can be a genre: it can be a very strong drama, or fantasy. We are currently selling some fantasy art house horror, as we did in the past; we always try to find good films that are not purely commercial. This year's selections at Cannes Film Festival reflect our work in numerous ways, and give the sign that we are going in the right direction. The second focus is cinematography; I am a big fan of images and colors. I love when the image speaks for itself. This helps buyers to identify our quality without question.
Where are your buyers?
Over the years, we have developed a wide range of titles that go from youth films to experimental dramas. We have never cared about the country of origin. Being a French company, we obviously carry French films, but we really focus on the entire world. We have films from the Us, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Lithuania, and a catalog of French and Spanish classics.
We like young talents, and are passionate to help their careers takeoff. Two years ago, we had a film called Aurora (Vanishing Waves), a glamorous and sophisticated sci-fi film by first time director Kristina Buozyte. It was a Lithuanian and French co-production, and was a worldwide success. It was selected for all the major international festivals, and won several awards including the “Meliès d’Or”, a sort of “Fantasy Film” award renowned in Europe and abroad. It sold to nearly 25 territories between Cannes and Toronto, and was the first Lithuanian film with a theatrical release in the U.S.
How are sales?
Sales are doing well because of our “twist”. Distributors in our network know what they can find when they come to Reel Suspects. They know they will not find the 20 million dollars films. However, they also know that they will find a carefully chosen, cost-effective selection of quality films that will attract the right audience. This helps our buyers to take smaller risks on reliable niches in film. Luckily, sales are good and constantly growing, even if the competition is hard. Our films are being distributed in many countries. The festival circuit loves us, because we are defending new producers and directors and they appreciate our taste. Germany, Australia, and Japan are big for us, but we really work worldwide.
What is your background?
I was previously in the music and photography worlds. When I realized the music business was dead, I finally made the move to film.
What are some of the challenges of being a young company on the market?
The industry has this thing of labeling people. During the first year of my company, I had an erotic film that was sold to many countries. Many buyers think that I still do erotic films, and I do not. It's a struggle to get identified when you launch your own company. When you have one film that really works, people think you only do that. This year in Cannes, we had two horror films, and I can see people six months from now saying, "Reel Suspects only carries horror films." It's frustrating to be categorized so quickly, and to convince people that we're more than what they assume.
Do you have advice for first time directors who are looking for distribution?
You have to think before you make the film, "Am I able to find a good balance between making a film that will have a commercial success, and making a film that will only travel the festival circuit?" I think this is an essential question that all directors and producers should answer before shooting. Balance is important. With the supremacy of digital shooting nowadays, the production value of your delivery is now essential. Mediocrity is now harder to defend, when digital postproduction can help a film to be finalized in the best conditions.
Please discuss some of the films from the Reel Suspects catalog.
I'm really excited for the market premiere of Cat & Mouse, a psychological drama by Maartje Seyferth & Victor Nieuwenhuijs. It's about a girl who is completely lost between her present and her past. It’s our first co-production. Our expectations are quite high, and we feel it will be equally successful in the commercial market and in the festival scene.
Fièvre (new title: Horsehead) is a French fantasy horror by Romain Basset that follows the story of a student that gets lost in her nightmares.
Wild in Blue, our Cannes best seller, is an intense Us indie that we recently acquired. It features the last performance of Karen Black, in a super graphic psychodrama about a psychopath who kills his girlfriends until he finds real love.
We also have the most anticipated German Angst, a portmanteau film that combines the work of three well-known horror genre directors: Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik), Andreas Marschall (Tears of Kali), and Michal Kosakowski (Zero Killed). It's a shocking horror film, which has already reached cult status with its large fan base.
Learn about the Reel Suspects catalog.
More About Reel Suspects:
Reel Suspects is a multi-faceted “all rights” distribution company, specialized in emerging filmmakers. Reel Suspects is devoted to bring a new cost-effective business model to its partners from all over the world, in the context of an international market changing forever towards new directions, and specialized niches constantly growing and evolving. Promoting films in a new and different way, with an eye on newcomers and focusing on innovative marketing approaches might be the final goals of Reel Suspects.
Extended from first-timers directors to revered cinema masters, the ever growing Reel Suspects‘ catalogue already presents some classic films from better-known directors, such as “Vivre sa Vie” by Jean-Luc Godard, “Une partie de campagne” by Jean Renoir, as well as the “Alain Robbe-Grillet Collection”, restored in HD and the “Chris Marker Collection”.
Matteo Lovadina is the founder and sole principal of Reel Suspects, a multi-faceted “all rights” distribution company based in Paris, France. He represents "feature films with a twist": films both from first-time and revered directors, including the genres of cult, classic, thriller, horror, fantasy, Lgbt and erotic. His background as a photographer inspires him to choose only the richest quality of cinematography for the Reel Suspects catalog. His aim is to share the most cinematic and innovative stories.
Matteo talks about his reasonably budgeted films, the first Reel Suspects co-productions, and gives realistic advice to first-time filmmakers who are looking for distribution:
When and how did you start Reel Suspects?
I started Reel Suspects in 2011, after ten years in the business as a sales agent. When I started the company, I really wanted to focus on young directors and films by true auteurs. We love independent cinema, and it is our passion to put amazing and visually stunning films into distribution. A twist can be a genre: it can be a very strong drama, or fantasy. We are currently selling some fantasy art house horror, as we did in the past; we always try to find good films that are not purely commercial. This year's selections at Cannes Film Festival reflect our work in numerous ways, and give the sign that we are going in the right direction. The second focus is cinematography; I am a big fan of images and colors. I love when the image speaks for itself. This helps buyers to identify our quality without question.
Where are your buyers?
Over the years, we have developed a wide range of titles that go from youth films to experimental dramas. We have never cared about the country of origin. Being a French company, we obviously carry French films, but we really focus on the entire world. We have films from the Us, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Lithuania, and a catalog of French and Spanish classics.
We like young talents, and are passionate to help their careers takeoff. Two years ago, we had a film called Aurora (Vanishing Waves), a glamorous and sophisticated sci-fi film by first time director Kristina Buozyte. It was a Lithuanian and French co-production, and was a worldwide success. It was selected for all the major international festivals, and won several awards including the “Meliès d’Or”, a sort of “Fantasy Film” award renowned in Europe and abroad. It sold to nearly 25 territories between Cannes and Toronto, and was the first Lithuanian film with a theatrical release in the U.S.
How are sales?
Sales are doing well because of our “twist”. Distributors in our network know what they can find when they come to Reel Suspects. They know they will not find the 20 million dollars films. However, they also know that they will find a carefully chosen, cost-effective selection of quality films that will attract the right audience. This helps our buyers to take smaller risks on reliable niches in film. Luckily, sales are good and constantly growing, even if the competition is hard. Our films are being distributed in many countries. The festival circuit loves us, because we are defending new producers and directors and they appreciate our taste. Germany, Australia, and Japan are big for us, but we really work worldwide.
What is your background?
I was previously in the music and photography worlds. When I realized the music business was dead, I finally made the move to film.
What are some of the challenges of being a young company on the market?
The industry has this thing of labeling people. During the first year of my company, I had an erotic film that was sold to many countries. Many buyers think that I still do erotic films, and I do not. It's a struggle to get identified when you launch your own company. When you have one film that really works, people think you only do that. This year in Cannes, we had two horror films, and I can see people six months from now saying, "Reel Suspects only carries horror films." It's frustrating to be categorized so quickly, and to convince people that we're more than what they assume.
Do you have advice for first time directors who are looking for distribution?
You have to think before you make the film, "Am I able to find a good balance between making a film that will have a commercial success, and making a film that will only travel the festival circuit?" I think this is an essential question that all directors and producers should answer before shooting. Balance is important. With the supremacy of digital shooting nowadays, the production value of your delivery is now essential. Mediocrity is now harder to defend, when digital postproduction can help a film to be finalized in the best conditions.
Please discuss some of the films from the Reel Suspects catalog.
I'm really excited for the market premiere of Cat & Mouse, a psychological drama by Maartje Seyferth & Victor Nieuwenhuijs. It's about a girl who is completely lost between her present and her past. It’s our first co-production. Our expectations are quite high, and we feel it will be equally successful in the commercial market and in the festival scene.
Fièvre (new title: Horsehead) is a French fantasy horror by Romain Basset that follows the story of a student that gets lost in her nightmares.
Wild in Blue, our Cannes best seller, is an intense Us indie that we recently acquired. It features the last performance of Karen Black, in a super graphic psychodrama about a psychopath who kills his girlfriends until he finds real love.
We also have the most anticipated German Angst, a portmanteau film that combines the work of three well-known horror genre directors: Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik), Andreas Marschall (Tears of Kali), and Michal Kosakowski (Zero Killed). It's a shocking horror film, which has already reached cult status with its large fan base.
Learn about the Reel Suspects catalog.
More About Reel Suspects:
Reel Suspects is a multi-faceted “all rights” distribution company, specialized in emerging filmmakers. Reel Suspects is devoted to bring a new cost-effective business model to its partners from all over the world, in the context of an international market changing forever towards new directions, and specialized niches constantly growing and evolving. Promoting films in a new and different way, with an eye on newcomers and focusing on innovative marketing approaches might be the final goals of Reel Suspects.
Extended from first-timers directors to revered cinema masters, the ever growing Reel Suspects‘ catalogue already presents some classic films from better-known directors, such as “Vivre sa Vie” by Jean-Luc Godard, “Une partie de campagne” by Jean Renoir, as well as the “Alain Robbe-Grillet Collection”, restored in HD and the “Chris Marker Collection”.
- 5/30/2014
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
The travails of the neuron-transfer scientist get swirled into a surreal kaleidoscope of Eros and sci-fi in Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte’s sophomore feature, Vanishing Waves. Like Robin Cook by way of Tarkovsky, there is an astute visual artistry on display here, even if it’s bound to remind you of countless other similarly themed tales of disconnected future love. While some of the performances are stilted and the central romance isn’t quite engaging, there’s a hypnotic power to the memorable imagery, a tequila sunrise dreamscape tapping into unexplored chasms of sensuality.
Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is a neuron-transfer research scientist that’s been selected to participate in an experiment that will bring him into psychic contact with a coma patient. While he’s given no details about the patient, he is submerged in a sensory deprivation tank and immediately makes contact with Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a beautiful young...
Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is a neuron-transfer research scientist that’s been selected to participate in an experiment that will bring him into psychic contact with a coma patient. While he’s given no details about the patient, he is submerged in a sensory deprivation tank and immediately makes contact with Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a beautiful young...
- 7/23/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sneak Peek a trailer, poster and images from the science fiction feature "Vanishing Waves", directed by Kristina Buozyte :
"...'Lukas' (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments, attempting to make some form of contact with 'Aurora' (Jurga Jutaite), a woman locked in a comatose state.
"Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a strong psychic link in their mutually altered forms of consciousness. Their 'link' eventually evolves into a romantic, sexually charged relationship.
"As Lukas hides this data from his researchers, he and Aurora meet secretly and passionately in a series of surreal dreamscapes created by their collective minds, but their union is tragically doomed to collapse around them..."
Click the images to enlarge and...
"...'Lukas' (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments, attempting to make some form of contact with 'Aurora' (Jurga Jutaite), a woman locked in a comatose state.
"Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a strong psychic link in their mutually altered forms of consciousness. Their 'link' eventually evolves into a romantic, sexually charged relationship.
"As Lukas hides this data from his researchers, he and Aurora meet secretly and passionately in a series of surreal dreamscapes created by their collective minds, but their union is tragically doomed to collapse around them..."
Click the images to enlarge and...
- 4/4/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Lithuania is not one of the countries we often get theatrically released from here in the United States. But, there is a first for everything. The 2012 film Vanishing Waves (previously titled Aurora) has been getting a lot of buzz at various festivals and now stands to be the first Lithuanian film to get a theatrical release in the United States. The film follows an Inception-like premise: Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a...
- 4/2/2013
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Vanishing Waves
Directed by Kristina Buozyte
Screenplay by Bruno Samper and Kristina Buozyte
2012, Lithuania
Writing and directing a film about entering another person’s mind is one of the more creatively demanding tasks you can set up for yourself. One does not simply convey the infinite machinations and uncertain boundaries of consciousness on film, and in order to create a viable proxy you need a clear vision and an assured, developed style. Writer/director Kristina Buozyte has this, and she succeeds masterfully in depicting a forsaken psycho-sexual wasteland within the feverish mind of a comatose patient.
Unfortunately, the film’s foundation is not nearly as strong as its facade. Granted, that facade is all stunning cinematography and a throbbing, unsettling soundtrack–but the plot remains thin and underdeveloped, and the central character entirely uncompelling and pretty much a dick. The gentleman in question is Lukas (Marius Jampolskis), a scientist attempting...
Directed by Kristina Buozyte
Screenplay by Bruno Samper and Kristina Buozyte
2012, Lithuania
Writing and directing a film about entering another person’s mind is one of the more creatively demanding tasks you can set up for yourself. One does not simply convey the infinite machinations and uncertain boundaries of consciousness on film, and in order to create a viable proxy you need a clear vision and an assured, developed style. Writer/director Kristina Buozyte has this, and she succeeds masterfully in depicting a forsaken psycho-sexual wasteland within the feverish mind of a comatose patient.
Unfortunately, the film’s foundation is not nearly as strong as its facade. Granted, that facade is all stunning cinematography and a throbbing, unsettling soundtrack–but the plot remains thin and underdeveloped, and the central character entirely uncompelling and pretty much a dick. The gentleman in question is Lukas (Marius Jampolskis), a scientist attempting...
- 3/15/2013
- by Emmet Duff
- SoundOnSight
The new edition of the Indie Spotlight contains the latest independent horror news sent our way. In this week’s feature, we have the first information on this year’s CineMayhem Film Festival, details on Return to Nuke ‘Em High Vol. I & II, the first photos from Warhouse, and much more:
CineMayhem Film Festival Announced: “Created as a way to pay homage to and celebrate the spirit of independent filmmaking and those unafraid to take risks with their storytelling, CineMayhem’s diverse line-up includes advanced screenings of two highly anticipated genre projects including Magnet Releasing’s visceral horror anthology The ABC’s Of Death and Breaking Glass Pictures’ mindbending drama K-11 directed by Jules Stewart (Crank: High Voltage, Mortal Kombat).
CineMayhem is also thrilled to announce that it will also be hosting the World Premieres of Roadside directed by Eric England (Madison County) and the latest short film from Ryan Spindell...
CineMayhem Film Festival Announced: “Created as a way to pay homage to and celebrate the spirit of independent filmmaking and those unafraid to take risks with their storytelling, CineMayhem’s diverse line-up includes advanced screenings of two highly anticipated genre projects including Magnet Releasing’s visceral horror anthology The ABC’s Of Death and Breaking Glass Pictures’ mindbending drama K-11 directed by Jules Stewart (Crank: High Voltage, Mortal Kombat).
CineMayhem is also thrilled to announce that it will also be hosting the World Premieres of Roadside directed by Eric England (Madison County) and the latest short film from Ryan Spindell...
- 2/10/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Coming from relatively new, but already noteworthy distributor Artsploitation (who also have Chilean horror Hidden In The Woods on their upcoming slate), Vanishing Waves is the second feature from Lithuanian director Buozyte. I watched the film deservedly sweep major dramatic awards at last September's Fantastic Fest in Austin and while admittedly not entirely horror, it is a surreal, often frightening and visually breathtaking look at a psychic love.
In Vanishing Waves, "Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments wherein he is attempting to make some form of contact with the subject, Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a young woman who has been locked in a comatose state for some time. Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a...
In Vanishing Waves, "Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments wherein he is attempting to make some form of contact with the subject, Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a young woman who has been locked in a comatose state for some time. Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a...
- 1/25/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
Coming from relatively new, but already noteworthy distributor Artsploitation (who also have Chilean horror Hidden In The Woods on their upcoming slate), Vanishing Waves is the second feature from Lithuanian director Buozyte. I watched the film deservedly sweep major dramatic awards at last September's Fantastic Fest in Austin and while admittedly not entirely horror, it is a surreal, often frightening and visually breathtaking look at a psychic love.
In Vanishing Waves, "Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments wherein he is attempting to make some form of contact with the subject, Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a young woman who has been locked in a comatose state for some time. Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a...
In Vanishing Waves, "Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments wherein he is attempting to make some form of contact with the subject, Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a young woman who has been locked in a comatose state for some time. Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a...
- 1/25/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
Coming from relatively new, but already noteworthy distributor Artsploitation (who also have Chilean horror Hidden In The Woods on their upcoming slate), Vanishing Waves is the second feature from Lithuanian director Buozyte. I watched the film deservedly sweep major dramatic awards at last September's Fantastic Fest in Austin and while admittedly not entirely horror, it is a surreal, often frightening and visually breathtaking look at a psychic love.
In Vanishing Waves, "Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments wherein he is attempting to make some form of contact with the subject, Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a young woman who has been locked in a comatose state for some time. Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a...
In Vanishing Waves, "Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments wherein he is attempting to make some form of contact with the subject, Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a young woman who has been locked in a comatose state for some time. Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a...
- 1/25/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
Vanishing Waves
Directed by Kristina Buozyte
Screenplay by Bruno Samper and Kristina Buozyte
2012, Lithuania
Writing and directing a film about entering another person’s mind is one of the more creatively demanding tasks you can set up for yourself. One does not simply convey the infinite machinations and uncertain boundaries of consciousness on film, and in order to create a viable proxy you need a clear vision and an assured, developed style. Writer/director Kristina Buozyte has this, and she succeeds masterfully in depicting a forsaken psycho-sexual wasteland within the feverish mind of a comatose patient.
Unfortunately, the film’s foundation is not nearly as strong as its facade. Granted, that facade is all stunning cinematography and a throbbing, unsettling soundtrack–but the plot remains thin and underdeveloped, and the central character entirely uncompelling and pretty much a dick. The gentleman in question is Lukas (Marius Jampolskis), a scientist attempting...
Directed by Kristina Buozyte
Screenplay by Bruno Samper and Kristina Buozyte
2012, Lithuania
Writing and directing a film about entering another person’s mind is one of the more creatively demanding tasks you can set up for yourself. One does not simply convey the infinite machinations and uncertain boundaries of consciousness on film, and in order to create a viable proxy you need a clear vision and an assured, developed style. Writer/director Kristina Buozyte has this, and she succeeds masterfully in depicting a forsaken psycho-sexual wasteland within the feverish mind of a comatose patient.
Unfortunately, the film’s foundation is not nearly as strong as its facade. Granted, that facade is all stunning cinematography and a throbbing, unsettling soundtrack–but the plot remains thin and underdeveloped, and the central character entirely uncompelling and pretty much a dick. The gentleman in question is Lukas (Marius Jampolskis), a scientist attempting...
- 10/2/2012
- by Emmet Duff
- SoundOnSight
By definition, cinema implants experiences in the minds of its viewers, so it follows that movies about characters burrowing into the subconscious of unwitting subjects naturally fit the medium. From "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" to "Inception," contemporary movies have embraced this loopy fantasy by illustrating the improbable journey in exciting, magical terms. "Vanishing Waves," the sophomore feature from Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte, takes the opposite tact, depicting a tragic story of impossible love by hitting dark, elegiac notes without negating the inherent trippiness of the scenario. Both disturbingly surreal and hauntingly beautiful, "Vanishing Waves" finds that the human psyche is a severely haunted house. Then again, the mind in question is significantly more haunted than most. While the doe-eyed Aurora (Jura Jutaie) lies dormant in a coma in the wake of a debilitating auto accident, a group of enigmatic...
- 9/26/2012
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The second wave of genre films slotted to play this year’s Fantastic Fest has been unleashed upon the masses. Among the the are two of the year’s most anticipated films, Looper and Sinister. Continue reading for the films announced and a brief plot synopsis of each… but, do so at your own risk! (The inconceivable awesomeness of Fantastic Fest may be too much for some to handle. Those unaccustomed to this level of awesomeness should refrain from indulging in such films without first consulting your physician to verify you are in fact an adult with adventurous taste and not still just a sniveling, winy brat.)
The ABCs Of Death (2012)
Us Premiere with multiple directors in person
Director – Various, 110 minutes
Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. Co-produced by Drafthouse Films, and finally ready to be unleashed.see what happens when you give more than two dozen of the most...
The ABCs Of Death (2012)
Us Premiere with multiple directors in person
Director – Various, 110 minutes
Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. Co-produced by Drafthouse Films, and finally ready to be unleashed.see what happens when you give more than two dozen of the most...
- 8/18/2012
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s hard to believe that in a month and two days that Michael & I, along with two other writers from St. Louis, will be making our annual 14 hour drive to Austin, Texas for one of our favorite things/times of the year, Fantastic Fest. This will mark my 3rd year covering the festival and Michael’s 2nd year. The press release has been released on what will be playing at the festival and I think I can honestly say that the selection feels like it might top last year. We got some more hits off our picks of what we thought might play this year as well.
From the Press Release
Two of the fall season’s most anticipated genre films, sci-fi actioner Looper and supernatural horror Sinister, are coming to Fantastic Fest along with a wide array of mind-boggling/bending/warping films from around the world. The lineup...
From the Press Release
Two of the fall season’s most anticipated genre films, sci-fi actioner Looper and supernatural horror Sinister, are coming to Fantastic Fest along with a wide array of mind-boggling/bending/warping films from around the world. The lineup...
- 8/17/2012
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
The second wave of films playing this year's Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, has been announced, and all we can say is start packing your bags right now!
From the Press Release:
Two of the fall season's most anticipated genre films, sci-fi actioner Looper and supernatural horror Sinister, are coming to Fantastic Fest along with a wide array of mind-boggling/bending/warping films from around the world. The lineup also includes the world premieres of The American Scream, from the filmmaking team behind Best Worst Movie, and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, introduced by stars Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas, at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.
The ABCs Of Death (2012)
Us Premiere with multiple directors in person
Director - Various, 110 min
Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. Co-produced by Drafthouse Films, and finally ready to be unleashed-see what happens when...
From the Press Release:
Two of the fall season's most anticipated genre films, sci-fi actioner Looper and supernatural horror Sinister, are coming to Fantastic Fest along with a wide array of mind-boggling/bending/warping films from around the world. The lineup also includes the world premieres of The American Scream, from the filmmaking team behind Best Worst Movie, and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, introduced by stars Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas, at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.
The ABCs Of Death (2012)
Us Premiere with multiple directors in person
Director - Various, 110 min
Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. Co-produced by Drafthouse Films, and finally ready to be unleashed-see what happens when...
- 8/16/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Fantastic Fest is truly a unique event. There’s plenty of room for arthouse films and, on some occasions, the big awards players, but one theater that hosts There Will Be Blood might, the next night, see the premiere of something you’d catch on a weird cable station at 3 A.M. You don’t get that at Venice.
Such a programming mentality is reflected in the second set of titles: We have Leos Carax‘s acclaimed Holy Motors, Rian Johnson‘s Looper, horror anthology The ABCs of Death (as if it could premiere anywhere else), Sinister, and a whole batch of films I’d never heard of up until now. It’s wonderfully eclectic, and it only makes me wish I could be there come late September.
See the lineup below:
The ABCs Of Death (2012)
Us Premiere with multiple directors in person
Director – Various, 110 min
Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die.
Such a programming mentality is reflected in the second set of titles: We have Leos Carax‘s acclaimed Holy Motors, Rian Johnson‘s Looper, horror anthology The ABCs of Death (as if it could premiere anywhere else), Sinister, and a whole batch of films I’d never heard of up until now. It’s wonderfully eclectic, and it only makes me wish I could be there come late September.
See the lineup below:
The ABCs Of Death (2012)
Us Premiere with multiple directors in person
Director – Various, 110 min
Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die.
- 8/16/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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