Emily Blunt stars as the titular nanny.
UK cinemas are dominated by one title this weekend, as Disney’s musical fantasy Mary Poppins Returns launches in venues across the country.
The film is the most high-profile of the titles to fill the void left by Star Wars’ fallow year.
By way of comparison, Disney’s Beauty And The Beast – another franchise title mixing live action, animation and songs – started with £19.7m in March 2017, going on to a massive £72.4m. For Disney hits over the Christmas period, Frozen began with a comparatively modest £4.8m in December 2013, but ended on £43.1m, buoyed...
UK cinemas are dominated by one title this weekend, as Disney’s musical fantasy Mary Poppins Returns launches in venues across the country.
The film is the most high-profile of the titles to fill the void left by Star Wars’ fallow year.
By way of comparison, Disney’s Beauty And The Beast – another franchise title mixing live action, animation and songs – started with £19.7m in March 2017, going on to a massive £72.4m. For Disney hits over the Christmas period, Frozen began with a comparatively modest £4.8m in December 2013, but ended on £43.1m, buoyed...
- 12/21/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The story of a young Russian who abandons the Bolshoi to chase her dreams across Europe is frustratingly inert
Here is a well-choreographed and plausible looking movie about the evolution of a young dancer – adapted from a graphic novel by French comic book artist Bastien Vivès. But, despite the panache with which the dance sequences are presented, it is frustratingly inert dramatically.
Anastasia Shevtsova plays Polina, a young Russian dedicated to dance, whose devoted parents are equally dedicated to making her dreams come true and find the money for her to join the Bolshoi when she passes the daunting audition. Her father Anton (Miglen Mirtchev) appears to have earned the money through connections with drug dealers. But talented, passionate Polina abandons the Bolshoi to follow her French lover to Aix, where they both train with charismatic French choreographer Liria (Juliette Binoche). This, too, ends in disaster, and Polina’s artistic...
Here is a well-choreographed and plausible looking movie about the evolution of a young dancer – adapted from a graphic novel by French comic book artist Bastien Vivès. But, despite the panache with which the dance sequences are presented, it is frustratingly inert dramatically.
Anastasia Shevtsova plays Polina, a young Russian dedicated to dance, whose devoted parents are equally dedicated to making her dreams come true and find the money for her to join the Bolshoi when she passes the daunting audition. Her father Anton (Miglen Mirtchev) appears to have earned the money through connections with drug dealers. But talented, passionate Polina abandons the Bolshoi to follow her French lover to Aix, where they both train with charismatic French choreographer Liria (Juliette Binoche). This, too, ends in disaster, and Polina’s artistic...
- 12/20/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
New U.K. film distributor 606 Distribution has acquired Andrea Pallaoro’s award-winning drama “Hannah” for its debut slate. The company, launched Friday by British filmmaker Pat Kelman, has acquired all U.K. rights to “Hannah,” which won the best actress award for star Charlotte Rampling at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, where it premiered in competition.
“Hannah” sees Rampling star as a woman whose life is collapsing after her husband’s imprisonment. 606 Distribution expects to release the film in the U.K. next year.
The pick-up was part of a two-picture acquisition deal struck with international sales company TF1 Studio, alongside Valerie Muller and Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet drama “Polina,” which debuted in Venice the previous year and stars Anastasia Shevtsova and Juliette Binoche. The company is planning “Polina” as its first release, targeting a late 2018 berth.
“I am beyond delighted that I can launch my new company with such high-quality films,...
“Hannah” sees Rampling star as a woman whose life is collapsing after her husband’s imprisonment. 606 Distribution expects to release the film in the U.K. next year.
The pick-up was part of a two-picture acquisition deal struck with international sales company TF1 Studio, alongside Valerie Muller and Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet drama “Polina,” which debuted in Venice the previous year and stars Anastasia Shevtsova and Juliette Binoche. The company is planning “Polina” as its first release, targeting a late 2018 berth.
“I am beyond delighted that I can launch my new company with such high-quality films,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
A farming couple trying to live an ecologically pure and ethical life are stymied by nature and their own uncontainable inner forces in Bettina Oberli’s solid and engaging “With the Wind.” Handsomely shot in the Swiss Jura mountains, the film nicely explores the unpredictable intersection of ideals and passion, making a parallel between mankind’s inability to control the natural world and human fallibility when it comes to keeping emotions in check. Although the male lead gets little scope for development, the female characters experience a meaningful trajectory, resulting in a satisfying drama that could do good business in European markets.
A quote from British writer Rebecca West about our species’ self-destructiveness — “Only part of us is sane,” it begins — acts as a concise introduction for what’s to come, implying a turbulence matched by a rain storm that forms a backdrop to the delivery of a stillborn calf.
A quote from British writer Rebecca West about our species’ self-destructiveness — “Only part of us is sane,” it begins — acts as a concise introduction for what’s to come, implying a turbulence matched by a rain storm that forms a backdrop to the delivery of a stillborn calf.
- 8/13/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
Author: Stefan Pape
When dealing with a narrative that takes place in the world of ballet, naturally it enriches a feature with a certain elegance, aesthetically gratifying in its graceful choreography. But beyond that the viewer requires an emotional strand to invest in, characters to care for, otherwise you’re left with a film that may look very pretty, but has little substance. Which, regrettably, is the case for Valérie Muller and Angelin Preljocaj’s coming-of-age tale Polina.
The eponymous protagonist, played by newcomer Anastasia Shevtsova, is a teenager from a modest background in Russia, who dreams of being a classical ballet dancer, with ambitions of entering the well-renowned Bolshoi company. But it’s a medium that is so emotionally entwined with reality, and while this young woman is discovering who she is and her place in this world, falling in love, leaving home – it risks impacting her performance. Wanting...
When dealing with a narrative that takes place in the world of ballet, naturally it enriches a feature with a certain elegance, aesthetically gratifying in its graceful choreography. But beyond that the viewer requires an emotional strand to invest in, characters to care for, otherwise you’re left with a film that may look very pretty, but has little substance. Which, regrettably, is the case for Valérie Muller and Angelin Preljocaj’s coming-of-age tale Polina.
The eponymous protagonist, played by newcomer Anastasia Shevtsova, is a teenager from a modest background in Russia, who dreams of being a classical ballet dancer, with ambitions of entering the well-renowned Bolshoi company. But it’s a medium that is so emotionally entwined with reality, and while this young woman is discovering who she is and her place in this world, falling in love, leaving home – it risks impacting her performance. Wanting...
- 6/10/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Fox Searchlight has bought the rights to “The Spy With No Name,” an ebook written by Jeff Maysh and published by Amazon Kindle Single, Deadline reports. Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert of Emjag Productions will produce alongside “Argo” executive producer David Klawans.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Grasshopper Film Gets ‘Escapes,’ Amazon and IFC Films Date ‘City of Ghosts’ and More
The true story centers on Erwin van Haarlem, a Cold War secret agent who stole the identity of a Dutch man whose mother had given him up for adoption. The Communist spy pretended to be Johanna van Haarlem’s long lost son for 11 years before being caught.
– FilmRise has acquired the U.S. rights to Michael Almereyda’s “Marjorie Prime,...
– Fox Searchlight has bought the rights to “The Spy With No Name,” an ebook written by Jeff Maysh and published by Amazon Kindle Single, Deadline reports. Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert of Emjag Productions will produce alongside “Argo” executive producer David Klawans.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Grasshopper Film Gets ‘Escapes,’ Amazon and IFC Films Date ‘City of Ghosts’ and More
The true story centers on Erwin van Haarlem, a Cold War secret agent who stole the identity of a Dutch man whose mother had given him up for adoption. The Communist spy pretended to be Johanna van Haarlem’s long lost son for 11 years before being caught.
– FilmRise has acquired the U.S. rights to Michael Almereyda’s “Marjorie Prime,...
- 3/31/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Polina, the ballet drama starring Juliette Binoche that played at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. A July release date is in the works for the pic, which was co-directed by Valérie Müller and dancer-choreographer Angelin Preljocaj. Müller wrote the screenplay based on the graphic novel by Bastien Vivès. It centers on Polina (Anastasia Shevtsova), a promising classical ballet dancer who is just about to join the…...
- 3/28/2017
- Deadline
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Valerie Muller's and Angelin Preljocaj’s Polina, a drama about a Russian ballerina who moves to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a modern dancer.
Preljocaj, a dancer and choreographer himself, co-directed the film with Muller, who also wrote the screenplay based on the graphic novel by Bastien Vives.
Anastasia Shevtsova stars as the title character, while Juliette Binoche co-stars as a famous choreographer.
The film, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Venice Film Festival, will be released theatrically in July.
O-Scope’s Dan Berger said of the distributor’s...
Preljocaj, a dancer and choreographer himself, co-directed the film with Muller, who also wrote the screenplay based on the graphic novel by Bastien Vives.
Anastasia Shevtsova stars as the title character, while Juliette Binoche co-stars as a famous choreographer.
The film, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Venice Film Festival, will be released theatrically in July.
O-Scope’s Dan Berger said of the distributor’s...
- 3/28/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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