Following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, The Apprentice – a drama allegedly based on Donald Trump’s antics – might be heading to court.
Usually, er, an absolute stranger to courtrooms and legalities, Donald Trump is currently facing an abundance of charges and legal battles that’d fill up the server space powering this website were we to list them. Still, always room for one more, and Trump’s campaign team is reportedly not very happy about the new movie The Apprentice.
It’s debuted at Cannes, and stars Sebastian Stan as Trump, with Jeremy Strong playing his ‘fixer’, Roy Cohn. Ali Abbasi has directed the movie, which Gabriel Sherman has written. Reviews have been positive, and Studiocanal just picked up the UK release rights to the movie.
In the film, there’s reportedly a nonconsensual sex scene, the taking of numerous pills, insecurity over a bald spot and things that do...
Usually, er, an absolute stranger to courtrooms and legalities, Donald Trump is currently facing an abundance of charges and legal battles that’d fill up the server space powering this website were we to list them. Still, always room for one more, and Trump’s campaign team is reportedly not very happy about the new movie The Apprentice.
It’s debuted at Cannes, and stars Sebastian Stan as Trump, with Jeremy Strong playing his ‘fixer’, Roy Cohn. Ali Abbasi has directed the movie, which Gabriel Sherman has written. Reviews have been positive, and Studiocanal just picked up the UK release rights to the movie.
In the film, there’s reportedly a nonconsensual sex scene, the taking of numerous pills, insecurity over a bald spot and things that do...
- 5/21/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Sebastian Stan and Lily James might be the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore of troubled tales.
Stan and James, who starred together in the titular roles on the Emmy-winning FX (on Hulu) series “Pam & Tommy,” will reunite for psychological horror thriller “Let the Evil Go West.” Christian Tafdrup (“Speak No Evil”) is set to direct, with a script by Xc Vs.
“Let the Evil Go West” follows a railroad worker (Stan) who stumbles upon a fortune under deeply disturbing circumstances. As horrifying visions and manifestations drive him toward madness, his wife (James) becomes convinced that an evil presence has attached itself to their family.
Tafdrup is known for directing the Danish psychological thriller “Speak No Evil,” which premiered at Sundance and landed a U.S. remake. James McAvoy leads the English-language remake; Tafdrup is executive producing.
“Let the Evil Go West” is produced by brothers Tim and Trevor White...
Stan and James, who starred together in the titular roles on the Emmy-winning FX (on Hulu) series “Pam & Tommy,” will reunite for psychological horror thriller “Let the Evil Go West.” Christian Tafdrup (“Speak No Evil”) is set to direct, with a script by Xc Vs.
“Let the Evil Go West” follows a railroad worker (Stan) who stumbles upon a fortune under deeply disturbing circumstances. As horrifying visions and manifestations drive him toward madness, his wife (James) becomes convinced that an evil presence has attached itself to their family.
Tafdrup is known for directing the Danish psychological thriller “Speak No Evil,” which premiered at Sundance and landed a U.S. remake. James McAvoy leads the English-language remake; Tafdrup is executive producing.
“Let the Evil Go West” is produced by brothers Tim and Trevor White...
- 5/10/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Pam & Tommy” stars Sebastian Stan and Lily James will reunite to star in psychological horror thriller “Let the Evil Go West.”
The film sounds very different from Stan and James’ previous collaboration, which saw them playing Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson in a Hulu mini-series. In “Let the Evil Go West,” a railroad worker stumbles upon a fortune under deeply disturbing circumstances. As horrifying visions and manifestations drive him toward madness, his wife becomes convinced that an evil presence has attached itself to their family.
Christian Tafdrup is set to direct from a screenplay by Xc Vs. The film is produced by Tim and Trevor White (“King Richard”) under their Star Thrower Entertainment banner, Mark Fasano and Nathan Klingher for Gramercy Park Media, which is also financing the film, and Allan Mandelbaum. Stan and James will also executive produce along with Gramercy Park’s Joshua Harris and Ford Corbett and north.five.six.
The film sounds very different from Stan and James’ previous collaboration, which saw them playing Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson in a Hulu mini-series. In “Let the Evil Go West,” a railroad worker stumbles upon a fortune under deeply disturbing circumstances. As horrifying visions and manifestations drive him toward madness, his wife becomes convinced that an evil presence has attached itself to their family.
Christian Tafdrup is set to direct from a screenplay by Xc Vs. The film is produced by Tim and Trevor White (“King Richard”) under their Star Thrower Entertainment banner, Mark Fasano and Nathan Klingher for Gramercy Park Media, which is also financing the film, and Allan Mandelbaum. Stan and James will also executive produce along with Gramercy Park’s Joshua Harris and Ford Corbett and north.five.six.
- 5/9/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Sebastian Stan and Lily James, stars of the Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy, are getting back together to topline the psychological horror thriller Let The Evil Go West.
Christian Tafdrup will direct the picture using a script by Xc Vs for Star Thrower Entertainment and Gramercy Park, which is financing the film. And north.five.six, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will launch film sales in Cannes.
Let the Evil Go West centers on a railroad worker who discovers a fortune under deeply disturbing circumstances. As horrifying visions and manifestations drive him toward madness, his wife becomes convinced that an evil presence has attached itself to their family.
In Pam & Tommy, Stan and James played the 1990s couple Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee during a whirlwind marriage over four days in Cancun, where their privately recorded honeymoon sex tape was stolen by a disgruntled electrician and released online.
Stan...
Christian Tafdrup will direct the picture using a script by Xc Vs for Star Thrower Entertainment and Gramercy Park, which is financing the film. And north.five.six, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will launch film sales in Cannes.
Let the Evil Go West centers on a railroad worker who discovers a fortune under deeply disturbing circumstances. As horrifying visions and manifestations drive him toward madness, his wife becomes convinced that an evil presence has attached itself to their family.
In Pam & Tommy, Stan and James played the 1990s couple Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee during a whirlwind marriage over four days in Cancun, where their privately recorded honeymoon sex tape was stolen by a disgruntled electrician and released online.
Stan...
- 5/9/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following a highly successful collaboration on Hulu’s Pam & Tommy, Sebastian Stan and Lily James are set to reteam on Let the Evil Go West, a psychological horror thriller from director Christian Tafdrup (Speak No Evil).
north.five.six. reps the film’s international rights and will introduce it to buyers at Cannes, while CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group arranged the financing and will handle the domestic sale.
Let the Evil Go West follows a railroad worker who stumbles upon a fortune under deeply disturbing circumstances. As horrifying visions and manifestations drive him toward madness, his wife becomes convinced that an evil presence has attached itself to their family.
Xc Vs penned the script. Tim and Trevor White are producing under their Star Thrower Entertainment banner, alongside Mark Fasano and Nathan Klingher for Gramercy Park Media, which is also financing the film, and Allan Mandelbaum.
north.five.six. reps the film’s international rights and will introduce it to buyers at Cannes, while CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group arranged the financing and will handle the domestic sale.
Let the Evil Go West follows a railroad worker who stumbles upon a fortune under deeply disturbing circumstances. As horrifying visions and manifestations drive him toward madness, his wife becomes convinced that an evil presence has attached itself to their family.
Xc Vs penned the script. Tim and Trevor White are producing under their Star Thrower Entertainment banner, alongside Mark Fasano and Nathan Klingher for Gramercy Park Media, which is also financing the film, and Allan Mandelbaum.
- 5/9/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Iran’s Asghar Farhadi, who directed the Oscar winners “A Separation” and “The Salesman,” U.S. producer Christine Vachon, whose credits includes Oscar winner “Boys Don’t Cry,” and Oscar nominees “Far from Heaven” and “Carol,” and Romania’s Alexander Nanau, the director of the Oscar nominated “Collective,” are among the jury members at the 18th edition of the Zurich Film Festival, which takes place from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2.
Farhadi will head the jury for the International Feature Film Competition. He is joined by the U.K.’s Clio Barnard, who directed the BAFTA nominated “The Arbor,” “The Selfish Giant” and “Ali & Ava”; L.A.-based Brazilian Daniel Dreifuss, a producer on the Oscar nominated “No” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany’s Oscar entry; Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe, whose credits include Tribeca prizewinner “The Divine Order”; and Sweden’s Peter “Piodor” Gustafsson, the producer of Ali Abbassi’s “Border,...
Farhadi will head the jury for the International Feature Film Competition. He is joined by the U.K.’s Clio Barnard, who directed the BAFTA nominated “The Arbor,” “The Selfish Giant” and “Ali & Ava”; L.A.-based Brazilian Daniel Dreifuss, a producer on the Oscar nominated “No” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany’s Oscar entry; Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe, whose credits include Tribeca prizewinner “The Divine Order”; and Sweden’s Peter “Piodor” Gustafsson, the producer of Ali Abbassi’s “Border,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The surprise hit of the Un Certain Regard and kudos to the Benicio del Toro led jury on giving the section’s top honors, Ali Abbassi‘s sophomore film Border (Gräns) follows in the footsteps of another genre mixer in 2016’s Shelley (which preemed at the Berlin Film Fest) and this primer for empowerment and breaking out of your shell certainly reminds of another zany Danish offering in Men & Chicken. Neon landed the rights to the film mid-fest. Here is footage from the world preem presentation.
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- 10/27/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
John Ajvide Lindqvist knows a thing or two about crafting tales about outsiders in love, so it’s good news that the author behind vampire cult classic “Let the Right One In” turned his attention to another misbegotten segment of the (maybe?) mythical underclass: trolls. It’s even better news that Lindqvist’s story “Gräns” has been translated to the big screen by a filmmaker with the same affection for outsiders, thanks to Ali Abbassi and his festival hit “Border.”
Essentially a love story about trolls (maybe?), the film follows customs inspector Tina who possesses some unique abilities when it comes to her nose — in short, she can sniff out not just illegal contraband, but also human emotions. When Tina meets a man who shares some of her more, ahem, unique facial features, the world suddenly opens up to her in staggering (and weirdly heartwarming) new waves. Last month, Sweden...
Essentially a love story about trolls (maybe?), the film follows customs inspector Tina who possesses some unique abilities when it comes to her nose — in short, she can sniff out not just illegal contraband, but also human emotions. When Tina meets a man who shares some of her more, ahem, unique facial features, the world suddenly opens up to her in staggering (and weirdly heartwarming) new waves. Last month, Sweden...
- 9/26/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Sweden has picked Border, a fantastic tale of trolls living and working in modern-day Scandinavia, as its entry for the 2019 foreign-language Oscar.
The second feature from Danish-Iranian director Ali Abbassi is based on a novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist, the writer of cult vampire classic Let ihe Right One In.
Border focuses on two misshapen outsiders who resemble the trolls of Nordic folklore. Tina (Eva Melander), who can sense human emotions, works as a glorified sniffer dog for Swedish border police but is shunned by her colleagues and society. Vore (Eero Milonoff), a fellow outcast, is defiant and proud in his beastly ...
The second feature from Danish-Iranian director Ali Abbassi is based on a novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist, the writer of cult vampire classic Let ihe Right One In.
Border focuses on two misshapen outsiders who resemble the trolls of Nordic folklore. Tina (Eva Melander), who can sense human emotions, works as a glorified sniffer dog for Swedish border police but is shunned by her colleagues and society. Vore (Eero Milonoff), a fellow outcast, is defiant and proud in his beastly ...
- 8/28/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Sweden has picked Border, a fantastic tale of trolls living and working in modern-day Scandinavia, as its entry for the 2019 foreign-language Oscar.
The second feature from Danish-Iranian director Ali Abbassi is based on a novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist, the writer of cult vampire classic Let ihe Right One In.
Border focuses on two misshapen outsiders who resemble the trolls of Nordic folklore. Tina (Eva Melander), who can sense human emotions, works as a glorified sniffer dog for Swedish border police but is shunned by her colleagues and society. Vore (Eero Milonoff), a fellow outcast, is defiant and proud in his beastly ...
The second feature from Danish-Iranian director Ali Abbassi is based on a novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist, the writer of cult vampire classic Let ihe Right One In.
Border focuses on two misshapen outsiders who resemble the trolls of Nordic folklore. Tina (Eva Melander), who can sense human emotions, works as a glorified sniffer dog for Swedish border police but is shunned by her colleagues and society. Vore (Eero Milonoff), a fellow outcast, is defiant and proud in his beastly ...
- 8/28/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Best Israeli documentary went to ‘Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life’.
Jerusalem Film Festival presented its awards on Thursday August 2, with Yona Rozenkier’s The Dive and Tsivia Barkai-Yacov’s Red Cow sharing the best Israeli feature film prize and best debut film.
The Israeli competitions jury split the prizes between the two films ”for their profound qualities and unique cinematic modes of expression, each in its own special way.” The former award comes with a prize of 50,000 Ils.
The Dive is about three brothers who reunite for a weekend to bury their father, before they head to war. The deserted...
Jerusalem Film Festival presented its awards on Thursday August 2, with Yona Rozenkier’s The Dive and Tsivia Barkai-Yacov’s Red Cow sharing the best Israeli feature film prize and best debut film.
The Israeli competitions jury split the prizes between the two films ”for their profound qualities and unique cinematic modes of expression, each in its own special way.” The former award comes with a prize of 50,000 Ils.
The Dive is about three brothers who reunite for a weekend to bury their father, before they head to war. The deserted...
- 8/3/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Yona Rozenkier’s “The Dive” and Tsivia Barkai-Yacov’s “Red Cow” have scooped The Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature Film and the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Debut Film at the 35th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival.
“The Dive” and “Red Cow” shared the award Thursday for best debut film. Produced by Efrat Cohen and Koby Mizrahi ,”The Dive” follows three brothers who reunite for one weekend to bury their father in their native kibbutz on the border with Lebanon before going to war. The movie, which also played at Locarno, is being sold by Stray Dogs.
“Red Cow” is set in an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem and follows the sexual awakening of a teenage girl living with her widowed father, who is an Orthodox Jew. The movie world premiered at Berlin in the Generation section.
The Israeli competition jury, which comprised Romanian director Calin Peter Netzer,...
“The Dive” and “Red Cow” shared the award Thursday for best debut film. Produced by Efrat Cohen and Koby Mizrahi ,”The Dive” follows three brothers who reunite for one weekend to bury their father in their native kibbutz on the border with Lebanon before going to war. The movie, which also played at Locarno, is being sold by Stray Dogs.
“Red Cow” is set in an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem and follows the sexual awakening of a teenage girl living with her widowed father, who is an Orthodox Jew. The movie world premiered at Berlin in the Generation section.
The Israeli competition jury, which comprised Romanian director Calin Peter Netzer,...
- 8/3/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Neon, the indie distributor behind the Oscar-winning “I, Tonya,” has made its first Cannes acquisition thanks to a deal purchasing North American rights to “Border.” The movie premiered to acclaim at Cannes 2018 in the Un Certain Regard section. Variety first reported the news.
“Border” is the Cannes debut of Danish-Iranian director Ali Abbassi. The script is based on a novella written by “Let The Right One In” scribe John Ajvide. Eva Melander stars as a border guard with the ability to smell human emotions and catch and detain smugglers. Her life is changed after she meets a mysterious man with a small that eludes her. Critics fell hard for the film at Cannes, with many writing it has cult classic potential.
“‘Border’ builds out such an unusual premise that it risks devolving into quirky inanity, but Abbasi grounds the narrative in an emotional foundation even as it flies off the rails,...
“Border” is the Cannes debut of Danish-Iranian director Ali Abbassi. The script is based on a novella written by “Let The Right One In” scribe John Ajvide. Eva Melander stars as a border guard with the ability to smell human emotions and catch and detain smugglers. Her life is changed after she meets a mysterious man with a small that eludes her. Critics fell hard for the film at Cannes, with many writing it has cult classic potential.
“‘Border’ builds out such an unusual premise that it risks devolving into quirky inanity, but Abbasi grounds the narrative in an emotional foundation even as it flies off the rails,...
- 5/11/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder in Border, a genre-blurring Cannes premiere adapted by Danish-Iranian director Ali Abbassi from a novella by Let The Right One In creator John Ajvide Lindqvist. Like Lindqvist’s teen vampire classic, this Swedish-Danish production blends supernatural folklore with contemporary social realism to create a universal parable about tribalism, racism and fear of the Other. While the dramatic premise shares some DNA with the superfreak allegories of the X-Men series, the naturalistic presentation has more in common with the downbeat grit of Nordic Noir crime drama.
Abbassi, who made his feature debut...
Abbassi, who made his feature debut...
- 5/10/2018
- by Stephen Dalton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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