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TIFF 2010: Massy Tadjedin’s Last Night Grabs Closing Night Slot
I often mentioned how this was a Helen Mirren type of year, but Keira Knightley is challenging the silverscreen status with three titles which include Never Let Me Go, London Boulevard and the TIFF closer in Massy Tadjedin's Last Night (formerly known as Tell Me).
TIFF 2010: Special Pres. Include: 127 Hours, Hereafter, I’m Still Here, The Last Circus, Let Me In & What’s Wrong with Virginia
We'll find out exactly at the beginning of next month, what Telluride manages to steal from the world premiere mentions below, but regardless of world preem status, TIFF this year is BIG. In the award season contention list, TIFF have stole the thunder from NYFF by adding Clint Eastwood's Hereafter and the always welcomed helmer Danny Boyle is bringing 127 Hours - this one is Telluride bound you can smell it.
Midnight Madness Teaser Selections: Gunn’s Super, Moshe’s Bunraku and Carpenter’s The Ward
TIFF Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes naturally used the twitter and 12 midnight combo to announce a handful of titles that are the make up of this year's section. Among the titles we have Wu Ershan's The Butcher, The Chef and the Swordsman stars Ando Masanobu, BenChang You and Kitty Zhang. After taking a long break from directing, John Carpenter will preem The Ward - the horror pic stars a panicked Amber Heard. Next we have Guy Moshe's Bunraku - with Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore and Ron Perlman in an original universe a la "Sin City" and draws from a mixed bag of genres, including puppets, origami, comic books, video games and German expressionism.
IndiePix Celebrates Warwick Thornton’s ‘Samson and Delilah’ this October
IndiePix have some big plans in store for their latest acquisition. Despite being a "web-based" distribution company, in the past they've managed to grab a Venice Film Festival winner Women Without Men and now, they've grabbed a Cannes camera d'or winner in Warwick Thornton's Samson and Delilah.
David Jacobson Attached to True Story German vs. Japan-American Soldiers Grudge-match
Not sure what the status is on A Single Shot -- an ensemble crime set to star Michael Fassbender, Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church and set to film in Ontario sometime this summer, but it looks like helmer Jacob Davidson (best known for Down in the Valley) can count on his producer who produce his debut film Dahmer to possibly fit him with his next project -- which by all accounts appears to be a verbally interesting shouting match.
