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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: David Robert Mitchell’s Top Fifteen Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. This month we get not ten, but 15 and styled in a countdown manner from David Robert Mitchell, the filmmaker behind The Myth of the American Sleepover.
2011 Midway Point: Our Five Critics Reveal the Best So Far
Seeing that we're at the half-way mark, I figured I'd round-up the troops and take a mid-season temperature -- assessing the noteworthy film titles that were theatrically released and the the first six months of the film festival season has brought us so far. Including myself, I asked our regular contributors Ryan Brown, Jesse Klein, Jordan M. Smith and Blake Williams to submit their mid-year "Best of" Lists so far, no surprises here: we have a broad range of films to watch out for, some overlapping selections, some unique picks, a consensus top pick in this year's Palme d'Or winner, but the real shocker is the omission of last year's Palme recipient (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) which received a small theatrical release.
Felicity Jones Infiltrates Zal Batmanglij’s ‘The East’
After placing a bet on Elizabeth Olsen and wagering on Brit Marling on a couple of titles, it appears that Fox Searchlight are gaga for another Sundance 2011 starlet in Felicity Jones. Among the studios that lost out on the bid to grab the North American rights to Like Crazy, it appears that Jones is being strongly considered to topline The East, Zal Batmanglij's sophomore film which is being tagged as a dramatic thriller.
Clooney’s ‘Ides of March’ Opens Venice, Followed by TIFF
George Clooney's The Ides of March is set to open the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival. As tradition would have it (recent examples: The Wrestler and Burn After Reading), it's a safe bet that that it'll show at Toronto Int. Film Festival a couple of days after it's August 31st world preem date.
Eva Mendes and Greta Gerwig Bring Female Presence to Cianfrance’s ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’
Deadline reports that Eva Mendes will play the robber's love interest (Gosling) and mother of his child, and Greta Gerwig is in talks to play the politician's wife, joining the already cast Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond The Pines.
