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Like a fine mole, magical realism requires incredible complexity to yield something that is then perceived as quite simple. Fifty different types of chilies become something broadly described as a chocolaty sauce. Sentiment, whimsy, romance, the supernatural and some measure of grounding combine into a mix that even your friendly neighborhood culture critic might only be able to say works or doesn’t. And two people perceiving an identical mélange of elements might respond to the flavor profiles in wholly different ways.

Take, for a purely hypothetical example, Alfonso Arau’s 1992 adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s

Like Water for Chocolate. Already a beloved hit in its day, affection for the movie seems only to have grown since. It’s impossible to quibble with Arau’s tonal commitment, or with the sumptuous cinematography from Steven Bernstein and, in one of his earliest films, Emmanuel Lubezki. But by tipping its magical realism so firmly toward “magical,...

As states and cities start new stay-at-home orders — specifically Los Angeles county — it is only expected that box office will continue to struggle. This applies even more to the specialty box office.

This weekend we saw a trio of films about iconic figures in cultural history: the Gabriel Range-directed Stardust showed us the early evolution of David Bowie; Steven Bernstein’s Last Call put the spotlight on poet Dylan Thomas; and Alex Winter’s Zappa took a look at the experimental, trailblazing musician. All received theatrical releases, but the sobering figures reflected the number of people who are actually going to theaters during the pandemic.

IFC Films set a day and date release of Stardust with 44 runs in 25 markets. Of these, 70% of the runs were under $100 for Friday and Saturday combined. It was the same story for K Street Pictures’ Last Call which opened in 17 runs in seven markets.

Nick Cave shared a tender interpretation of T. Rex’s “Cosmic Dancer,” the first offering from the upcoming tribute compilation, Angelheaded Hipster, which was produced by the late Hal Willner. The record will arrive September 4th via BMG.

For his cover, Cave transformed “Cosmic Dancer” into a poignant piano ballad buoyed by a rich orchestral arrangement. The track arrived with a video of Cave and others recording the song in the studio, paired with a montage of archival footage of T. Rex.

Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T.

“AngelHeaded Hipster,” a long-percolating tribute album to Marc Bolan and T. Rex — featuring U2, Elton John, Nick Cave, Joan Jett, Lucinda Williams and Father John Misty, and which is a companion to a forthcoming documentary film on the legendary rocker — is due on Sept. 4. The first track from the album, Cave’s take on Bolan’s 1971 song “Cosmic Dancer,” can be heard here.

The 26-track album, helmed by veteran producer Hal Willner — who passed away April 7 due to complications from coronavirus — features a tag team between U2 and Elton John on T. Rex’s biggest hit, “Bang a Gong (Get It On),” as well as contributions from Cave, Jett, Williams, Misty, Todd Rundgen, Perry Farrell, Soft Cell singer Marc Almond, Kesha and many others. The full track list appears below.

Both the album and documentary are from BMG, in collaboration with Who/Robert Plant manager Bill Curbishley’s Trinifold company.

Exclusive: U.S. distributor K Street Pictures has taken on world rights to feature drama Last Call (previously known as Dominion), starring Rhys Ifans and John Malkovich.

Rodrigo Santoro, Romola Garai, Tony Hale and Zosia Mamet also star in writer-director Steven Bernstein’s (Decoding Annie Parker) black-and-white pic about Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

The film is a fictional portrait of Thomas’s last day at New York watering hole the White Horse Tavern, leading up to his untimely death at age 39. Ifans portrays the bohemian word master who had reached significant celebrity during the 1950s with such poems as Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night. Malkovich plays the poet’s confidant and enabler, Dr. Fenton.

The movie was first shown at the Rio film festival in 2016 and then again at the Tallinn film festival in 2017 but producers claim those were unfinished versions of the film and that additional...

Bob Dylan’s 77th birthday was celebrated with a kinetic reimagining of his 1963 solo concert at New York’s Town Hall. Titled Tomorrow Is A Long Time, the May 24 event produced by Hal Willner featured a slew of talented guests — among them: contemporary performers like The Milk Carton Kids, Emily Haines and Teddy Thompson, 60’s survivors like Geoff Muldaur and Bob Neuwirth, poetess Anne Waldman and savvy stage performers like Gina Gershon, Steve Buscemi and Bill Murray — and followed the original concert’s set list, providing ardent, idiosyncratic musical settings for Dylan’s songs with barely a hint of nostalgia. Musical Director Steven Bernstein and the Town Hall Ensemble led the tribute, which was filled with humor, social commentary and an impressive range of musical styles.

While Dylan’s original concert was a solo acoustic affair, the brawny Town Hall Ensemble contained a number of amazing musicians including bandleader Bernstein on trumpet,...

In a long-awaited measure to bolster a country fighting to recover from an ongoing economic crisis and seeking to reposition itself in the world economy, the Greek government has introduced a 25% cash rebate it hopes will attract foreign film productions to the Mediterranean nation.

Greece’s new incentive is substantial. A total of €450 million ($547 million) has been allocated for the new program over the next six years, offering foreign productions a 25% rebate on all qualifying local spending, with a minimum spend of €100,000 and a €5 million (roughly $6.1 million) cap.

“I think the impact will be huge,” says Venia Vergou, director of the Hellenic Film Commission, who explains that the rebate will offer Greece a chance to capitalize on its rich natural and historic bounty. “We have amazing archaeological sites that no other European country has.”

In the past decade, Greece has struggled to attract high-profile foreign productions that were drawn to...

The American Film Institute Conservatory has a new dean in producer Richard Gladstein, and he shamelessly chased down the job.

Gladstein — president of Film Colony, producer of Best Picture Oscar nominees “Finding Neverland” and “The Cider House Rules,” as well as a bevy of Quentin Tarantino movies — comes to a Los Feliz hillside campus that is still bruised after two fractious years under the last dean, Jan Schuette, who last November agreed to step down at the end of June.

No one is more surprised than Gladstein at how much he wanted the gig. He put in a long stint with Harvey Weinstein at Miramax Films, where he started as head of production in 1993. “Oddly it was the same day that Disney bought the company,” he said. “So my first-day press conference with Jeffrey Katzenberg was my initiation. The AFI feels akin to that. The place is bursting with creativity,...

The American Film Institute Conservatory has a new dean in producer Richard Gladstein, and he shamelessly chased down the job.

Gladstein — president of Film Colony, producer of Best Picture Oscar nominees “Finding Neverland” and “The Cider House Rules,” as well as a bevy of Quentin Tarantino movies — comes to a Los Feliz hillside campus that is still bruised after two fractious years under the last dean, Jan Schuette, who last November agreed to step down at the end of June.

No one is more surprised than Gladstein at how much he wanted the gig. He put in a long stint with Harvey Weinstein at Miramax Films, where he started as head of production in 1993. “Oddly it was the same day that Disney bought the company,” he said. “So my first-day press conference with Jeffrey Katzenberg was my initiation. The AFI feels akin to that. The place is bursting with creativity,...

While “Girls” is set to air its final season sometime next year, main cast member Zosia Mamet has spent the past year appearing in films like Todd Solondz’s “Wiener-Dog” and Steve Bernstein’s “Dominion.” Now, she’s set to appear in the new film “Goldbricks in Bloom,” a social satire that explores what it means to be an artist today by interweaving the story of a self-obsessed group of disenchanted young creatives with the mythic rise and fall of a New York painter. Watch a brief trailer for the film below featuring Mamet talking about the actors in the film.

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The film is the first feature film by Danny Sangra, who has previously directed a series of short films and has worked with brands like Hugo Boss, Nike, Verizon and more. Along with Mamet,...

On Wednesday, November 9 to Sunday, November 13, the Loft Cinema presents the seventh annual Loft Film Fest, featuring appearances by an amazing array of acclaimed filmmakers and a stellar program of world, North American, Southwest and Arizona premieres selected from prestigious festivals around the globe, including Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Venice and more.

Playing at this well-known, though rather out-of-the-way film festival in Tucson, Arizona are exciting new films starring such big screen favorites as Gael Garcia Bernal in “Neruda”, the possible Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Catherine Deneuve in “The Brand New Testament” one of the funniest and most original stories I have ever seen; Michael Fassbender in “Trespass Against Us”, Adam Smith’s gangster film, so far unknown in the U.S., — except that whatever Michael Fassbender, the Irish-German actor, is in is always astounding.

Catherine Deneuve in “The Brand New Testament”

Opening night features the North...

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This November, The Loft Cinema presents the seventh annual Loft Film Fest, featuring appearances by an amazing array of acclaimed filmmakers and a stellar program of world, North American, Southwest and Arizona premieres selected from prestigious festivals around the globe, including Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Venice and more!

Playing at this well-known, though rather out-of-the-way film festival in Tucson, Arizona are exciting new films starring such big screen favorites as Gael Garcia Bernal in “Neruda”, the possible Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film), Catherine Deneuve in “Brand New Testament” one of the funniest and most original stories I have ever seen; Michael Fassbender in “Trespass Against Us”, a complete unknown except that whatever Michael Fassbender, the Irish-German actor, is in is always astounding, John Malkovich, another great actor, too rarely seen, in “Dominion” about the last days of the...

As revealed earlier this week, the 18th edition of the festival will feature more than 20 world premieres. Screen runs through some local highlights and previews the RioMarket.

The 2016 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (Oct 6-16) will open with the South American premiere of Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, which premiered at Venice Film Festival.

The festival’s full line-up, which was revealed earlier this week, will include 20 world premieres. The majority of those are local productions selected to compete for the Redentor award (a trophy that resembles the Christ Redeemer statue, made of 35mm film pieces).

The event’s competitive strand, Premiere Brasil, will feature eight titles this year, all of which have been selected to showcase new productions in the country’s film industry.

Seven of those films are world premieres, including the most recent titles of established directors, such as Andrucha Waddington (Me, You, Them and The House of Sand), and debuts from emerging film-makers...

The Untamed and Toni Erdmann will screen at the 18th edition of the Brazilian event next month alongside tributes to the late David Bowie and Prince.

All in all 250 films from more than 60 countries in 15 sections will screen in 20 venues, including the new Olympic Boulevard unveiled for the recent summer Olympics.

Three new sections debut at this festival, which runs from set to run from October 6-16.

Cinema Marginal explores two critical Brazilian film movements, while Universal Monsters features seven restored Universal classics, and Wanderer Artists includes a tribute to Brazilian plastic artist Tunga.

Programmes include World Panorama, Première Brasil, Première Latina, Expectations, Generation, Midnight Movies & Docs, Frontiers, Threatened Environment and Unique Itineraries.

World Panorama selections include Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake and Mare Ade’s Toni Erdmann and Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada.

Premiere Latina includes Venice selections The Blind Christ (Chile-France) by Christopher Murray’s and Amat Escalante’s The Untamed (pictured), as well as...

The initial results on films pitched to Australian moviegoers via cinema-on-demand platform Tugg, either as an exclusive offering or in combination with conventional distribution, have been encouraging. The co-venture between the Us-based Tugg and David Doepel.s Leap Frog Films has been holding screenings in Australia since March at Event Cinemas, Hoyts, Reading and independent cinemas around the country. Pinnacle will utilise the scheme, which enables moviegoers to select a title from a library and organise screenings at participating cinemas, for the release of Decoding Annie Parker.. Steven Bernstein.s drama is based on true events which chronicles two remarkable women: Annie Parker, a three time cancer survivor, and geneticist Mary-Claire King, whose discovery of the breast cancer Brca gene mutation was one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. Louise Wadley.s All About E (formerly The Trouble With E), a lesbian love story/ road trip/ thriller that follows a beautiful,...

Rhys Ifans will reportedly play poet Dylan Thomas in a biopic called Dominion.

The indie drama, which takes place in 1953 New York, focuses on the final days of the poet's life. Thomas died at the age of 39 after a number of visits to White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village.

John Malkovich and Diego Luna will also star in the upcoming movie, which will be written and directed by Steven Bernstein, reports Variety.

Thomas died a few weeks into a Us tour of poetry readings. Records suggest that Thomas was not well during the tour, but continued to consume large amounts of alcohol.

Ifans is currently working on numerous projects about Dylan Thomas. He will star in a new film adaptation of his radio play Under Milk Wood, and will front an upcoming documentary about the poet's life.

Dominion will begin shooting later this month.

Annie Parker lost her mother to cancer at the age of 13. Years later, in 1974, her older sister, Joanie, would be diagnosed with breast cancer. Parker would lose her too. And then, like clockwork, she was also diagnosed with breast cancer. Unlike her loved ones, Parker would beat breast cancer, and eventually, she’d beat two other forms of cancer as well. And that was the story that cinematographer Steven Bernstein wanted to tell in his directorial debut.

After working on 2003′s Monster, Bernstein went looking for another true story when he was contacted about a book manuscript that Annie Parker had submitted about her life.

True story "Decoding Annie Parker" is a low-budget crowdpleaser that is rough around the edges but sticks with you. It opens Friday.  Rookie director Steven Bernstein's breast cancer saga stars Helen Hunt as famed geneticist Mary-Claire King, who painstakingly tracked down the Brca-1 genetic marker for breast cancer, and Samantha Morton in the title role of a woman who is convinced that breast cancer runs in families, which won her Best Actress at the last year's Seattle International Film Festival. "Every 12 minutes someone dies of breast cancer," says King in the movie. The real life Parker has so far survived three rounds fighting cancer, and finally met Dr. King onstage at the Seattle Film Festival. "They cried and I cried," says Bernstein. Bernstein left his career as a Hollywood cinematographer ("White Chicks," "Monster," "Like Water for Chocolate," "Scary Movie 2") and devoted seven years to financing, shooting and promoting the film,...

Woody Allen's Next

Joaquin Phoenix has joined the cast of Woody Allen's untitled next film.

No plot details were immediately available, and it remains unclear if the film is a comedy, a drama or a mixture of both. [Source: The Wrap]

Autobahn

Felicity Jones has joined the action thriller "Autobahn" at Silver Pictures. Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley also star in Eran Creevy's film which begins production on Monday.

Jones and Hoult will portray a young American couple (Hoult and Jones) plunged into a game of cat and mouse across Germany when they find themselves caught between two ruthless criminals (Hopkins and Kingsley). [Source: Variety]

Dominion

Rhys Ifans will star as Welsh poet Dylan Thomas alongside John Malkovich and Diego Luna in Steven Bernstein's indie drama "Dominion". Zosia Mamet, Tony Hale and Phil Ettinger also star and filming is slated to begin late May.

The story will focus on...

John Malkovich will also star in biopic about the New York death of hard-drinking Under Milk Wood writer

Rhys Ifans to star in adaptation of Under Milk Wood

Rhys Ifans will play Dylan Thomas in a biopic set during the days leading up to the death of the iconic Welsh poet, according to Variety.

Ifans, who is also appearing in a new film adaptation of Thomas's radio play Under Milk Wood and is presenting a documentary about the poet, will join John Malkovich and Diego Luna in Dominion, which is being directed and written by Decoding Annie Parker's Steven Bernstein. Dominion will be set in 1953 in New York, where Thomas, who had alcoholism, died at the age of 39 after multiple visits to White Horse Tavern, in Greenwich Village. He'd also received from a local doctor a series of "injections" designed to help him complete public performances of Under Milk Wood.

Decoding Annie Parker

Written by Adam Bernstein, Steven Bernstein, and Michael Moss

Directed by Steven Bernstein

USA, 2013

The new film Decoding Annie Parker was made with the most honorable intentions, and unfortunately, very little else. In many respects, the story could just as well have been a movie-of-the-week from the early 1990s on either one of the Big Three networks or Lifetime. It covers a hot-button issue, is female-centric, has a large cast full of actors who are mostly recognizable from various TV shows, and feels like a snapshot of life instead of an immersion. Tackling the topic of breast cancer by looking at its genetic background is, perhaps, an interesting avenue to pursue, but Decoding Annie Parker lacks depth throughout.

Samantha Morton stars as Annie, who defines her life in an opening quote as a joke, and in some dark way, she’s not wrong: when she’s a girl,...

Decoding Annie Parker is a better living-with-disease drama than medical mystery.

Veteran cinematographer Steven Bernstein's directorial debut follows the paths of two real-life women who meet only once and briefly. Geneticist Dr. Mary-Claire King (Helen Hunt) is the more famous and, in the film, anyway, less interesting. Her suspicion that some women may have a predisposition to breast cancer made her a crackpot in the '70s, when the film opens, until she was vindicated with the discovery of the Brca-1 gene in 1990.

Meanwhile, Annie Parker (a luminous Samantha Morton) -- who, as her pool-cleaner/aspiring rocker husband (Aaron Paul) never tires of reminding her, has only a high school education -- spends these long years engaged in her own Erin Brockovich-style ...

Loosely based on a true story, Decoding Annie Parker follows one family’s history of breast cancer — and the woman who teamed up with scientists to find out if the disease has a genetic link. The film, directed by Steven Bernstein, stars Samantha Morton as Annie Parker and Helen Hunt as the lead researcher on her case.

And in an exclusive clip from the film, we are taken back to 1974, when a food fight goes horribly wrong after Annie’s sister Joan (played by Marley Shelton) admits she’s found a lump in her breast.

Watch the clip below:

Decoding Annie Parker...

Here is the first trailer for Steven Bernstein’s drama Decoding Annie Parker, which stars Samantha Morton as Parker, a woman stricken with breast cancer who works with oncologist Dr. Mary-Claire King played by Helen Hunt to explore the theory of a genetic inheritance of cancer.

Aaron Paul’s character seems like the insensitive and unknowing man in the otherwise lighthearted take on breast cancer; but check out his dancing below, only a genius could pull that off right?

The movie also stars Rashida Jones, Alice Eve, Maggie Grace, Corey Stoll, and Ben McKenzie.

Decoding Annie Parker opens in limited release on May 2nd, watch the trailer below and a bonus clip of Aaron Paul showing off his dance moves:...

The first trailer for Steven Bernstein’s Decoding Annie Parker gave us a lot to think about, from one woman’s journey to discover the genetic components of breast cancer to what Aaron Paul looks like with long hair. And now we have the exclusive reveal of the film’s first poster.

Decoding Annie Parker, which is loosely based on a true story, follows Annie Parker (played by Samantha Morton) as she finds out that she has breast cancer. But after a family history of the same diagnosis, Parker turns to a team of researchers, led by Helen Hunt, to...

Uncover the secrets behind mortality in the new exclusive online trailer for the upcoming film, ‘Decoding Annie Parker.’ The drama was directed by Steven Bernstein, who also co-wrote the script with Adam Bernstein and Michael Moss. The movie, which is set to be released by eOne in theaters and on VOD on May 2, stars Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones and Maggie Grace. The following synopsis for ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ has been released by eOne: Based on true events, Decoding Annie Parker is the hopeful and touching story of two remarkable women and their 15-year battle against a cruel and insidious illness, breast cancer. Waged on both [ Read More ]

The post Uncover the Truth of Mortality While Decoding Annie Parker In Trailer appeared first on Shockya.com.

Months after the end of "Breaking Bad," Aaron Paul is dealing with cancer again, but this time there won't be any meth, guns or chemistry. But there will be plenty of hair care products.  With Paul starring alongside Helen Hunt and Samantha Morton, "Decoding Annie Parker" looks to be an eccentric, inspirational true story about conquering disease. Morton plays a free spirit diagnosed with breast cancer, who works with a radical geneticist (Hunt) to prove that the disease can be inherited. But, honestly, the plot takes a backseat to Paul's luscious locks. Throughout the video, he sports several different 'dos, including a very long, very soft-looking hippie hair. In another scene, Paul models a short, punky coiffure that looks borrowed from Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.  Watch the trailer here: "Annie" also stars Rashida Jones, Bradley Whitford, Alice Eve, Richard Schiff, Maggie Grace, Chris Mulkey and Corey Stoll. It...

With just a few weeks until its release date, eOne Films unleashed the trailer for “Decoding Annie Parker” on Thursday (April 10).

Directed by “Erin Brockovich’s” Steven Bernstein, is based on the true story of Annie Parker and how she almost discovered a cure for cancer.

Starring Aaron Paul, Maggie Grace, Alice Eve, Rashida Jones, Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton and Corey Stoll, “Decoding Annie Parker” is slated to hit select theaters May 2nd.

Check out the trailer in the player above!

With just a few weeks until its release date, eOne Films unleashed the trailer for “Decoding Annie Parker” on Thursday (April 10).

Directed by “Erin Brockovich’s” Steven Bernstein, is based on the true story of Annie Parker and how she almost discovered a cure for cancer.

Starring Aaron Paul, Maggie Grace, Alice Eve, Rashida Jones, Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton and Corey Stoll, “Decoding Annie Parker” is slated to hit select theaters May 2nd.

Check out the trailer below!

Following the end of "Breaking Bad," actor Aaron Paul isn't faring too well on the big screen since Need for Speed was an absolute mess of nonsense and poor action. But maybe a lower profile drama will show his talents better in Decoding Annie Parker. The film follows two women, Samantha Morton and Helen Hunt, whose lives intersect as one deals with loss and heartbreak and the other has a breakthrough in the area of treating breast cancer. Morton adds some darker humor into the mix, and this look pretty charming and even amusing despite the depressing true story material. And there's Aaron Paul looking like a real 70s hippie (along with some great wardrobe for the whole cast) Might be worth checking out. Watch below! Here's the first trailer for Steven Bernstein's Decoding Annie Parker, originally from Yahoo: Decoding Annie Parker marks the feature directorial debut of Steven Bernstein...

Decoding Annie Parker has debuted a new trailer.

Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul and Helen Hunt star in writer-director Steven Bernstein's breast cancer drama.

The film is based on the true story of geneticist Mary Claire King (Hunt), who discovered a genetic link to breast cancer.

Morton plays cancer survivor Parker, who becomes involved in the attempt to better understand the disease.

Bradley Whitford, Rashida Jones, Richard Schiff, Alice Eve, Maggie Grace, Marley Shelton, Chris Mulkey and Corey Stoll also feature in the film.

The movie is cinematographer Bernstein's feature directorial debut.

Decoding Annie Parker will arrive in Us cinemas on May 2. A UK release date is yet to be confirmed.

Could breast cancer be genetic? That’s the question at the center of Steven Bernstein’s Decoding Annie Parker.

Loosely based on a true story, the film follows Annie Parker, played by Samantha Morton, as she discovers that, much like her mother and her sister, she also has breast cancer. Helen Hunt, who plays a researcher, then teams up with Annie and a group of scientists to try and find a genetic link to the disease.

Putting aside the medical stuff, Aaron Paul also plays a Canadian pool man — so there’s that. And let’s not forget the film...

A serious subject deserves serious treatment, and you'd think that "Decoding Annie Parker"—based on the true story of Mary Claire King, a geneticist who discovered a gene linked to breast cancer—would perhaps play things with a bit of gravitas. Instead, the music alone in this trailer seems like it belongs in an ad for frozen yogurt. Starring Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul (in a series of ever-changing haircuts), Corey Stoll, Alice Eve, Ben McKenzie, Rashida Jones, Maggie Grace... The cast is pretty solid, so good on co-writer and director Steven Bernstein for that. But the trailer showcases a movie that where cancer is just another opportunity for some quick one liners, with inspirational people doing inspirational things, and a soundtrack that lets you know that in the end, everything will be okay. In short, it looks pretty safe, but maybe the film itself will have a bit more edge to it.

Here's one for the Erin Brockovich fans: the trailer for Steven Bernstein’s Decoding Annie Parker, which comes out in theaters and VOD on May 2. Loosely based on a true story, the film stars Samantha Morton in the title role as a woman diagnosed with breast cancer after it kills both her mother and sister. Helen Hunt plays the researcher hoping to uncover the genetic roots of the disease. Presumably they meet and teach one another inspirational life lessons about friendship, perseverance, and hereditary gene mutations. Sounds like a tearjerker, but there is some inadvertent comic relief: namely, Aaron Paul, who has traded in his Jesse Pinkman buzz cut for long, flowing locks. Seriously, he looks like a young Joni Mitchell.

Entertainment One Films Us has released, via Yahoo! Movies , the trailer for director Steven Bernstein's Decoding Annie Parker , the upcoming drama starring Samantha Morton, Helen Hunt and Aaron Paul. Check it out in the player below! The May 2 release also stars Bradley Whitford, Rashida Jones, Richard Schiff, Alice Eve, Maggie Grace, Marley Shelton, Chris Mulkey and Corey Stoll. The film is cinematographer Steven Bernstein.s feature directorial debut from a script he wrote with Adam Bernstein and Michael Moss. Loosely based on the life of cancer survivor Annie Parker and the groundbreaking career of geneticist Mary-Claire King, the film tells the dramatic story of two women whose force of spirit defies the odds. Armed with a wicked sense of humor, Parker (Morton) faces...

Belle

The 2014 Athena Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of narrative, documentary and short films.

The New York Premiere of Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and directed by Amma Asante, is the Athena Film Festival’s Opening Film, screening on Thursday evening. Decoding Annie Parker, starring Helen Hunt and Samantha Morton and directed by Steven Bernstein, is the festival’s Centerpiece Film, and will be screened on Friday evening. Geraldine Ferraro: Paving The Way, directed by her daughter, Donna Zaccaro, is the festival’s Closing Film, screening on Sunday evening.

The festival honors extraordinary women in the film industry and showcases films that address women’s leadership in real life and the fictional world. Now in its fourth year, the festival runs from Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, February 9 on the Barnard College campus in Morningside Heights. Artemis Rising Foundation is the Founding Sponsor of the Festival.

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Entertainment One Films has acquired domestic distribution rights to “Decoding Annie Parker,” a film based on the eponymous cancer survivor and geneticist Mary-Claire King. The movie stars Oscar nominee Samantha Morton as Parker and Oscar winner Helen Hunt as King. Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff and Alice Eve also appear in the film, which marks the directorial debut of esteemed cinematographer Steven Bernstein. Also read: eOne Inks Exclusive Distribution Deal With AMC Networks, Three New Series Announced eOne will release the movie in theaters and via VOD simultaneously next summer. “Steven has created a gripping, poignant and inspiring film that.

Entertainment One Films Us has secured Us rights to Decoding Annie Parker starring Samantha Morton and Helen Hunt and has set a theatrical and VOD release for summer 2014.

Steven Bernstein’s feature directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with Adam Bernstein and Michael Moss follows a woman with breast cancer and the doctor who conducts ground-braking research in the area.

Bernstein produced with Keith Kjarval, Clark Peterson and Stuart W Ross produced. Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International handles international rights.

eOne brokered the deal with UTA Independent Film Group and executive producer Sidney Powell of Dallas-based Fawkes Partners.

Entertainment One Films Us has secured the domestic distribution rights to Decoding Annie Parker , the upcoming drama starring Academy Award nominee Samantha Morton, Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Helen Hunt and Emmy winner Aaron Paul. The film is slated for a day-and-date release in theaters and via VOD next summer. Decoding Annie Parker also stars Bradley Whitford, Rashida Jones, Richard Schiff, Alice Eve, Maggie Grace, Marley Shelton, Chris Mulkey and Corey Stoll. The film is cinematographer Steven Bernstein.s feature directorial debut from a script he wrote with Adam Bernstein and Michael Moss. Loosely based on the life of cancer survivor Annie Parker and the groundbreaking career of geneticist Mary-Claire King, the film tells the dramatic story of two...

HBO and Starz garnered three nominations each as the American Society of Cinematographers announced its TV nominees for the Asc Awards today. Winners will be announced at the 28th Asc Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography set for February 1 at Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom. Here are the noms: One-Hour Episodic Television Series Steven Bernstein, Asc for Starz Network’s Magic City (“The Sins of the Father”) David Franco for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire (“Erlkönig”) Jonathan Freeman, Asc for HBO’s Game of Thrones (“Valar Dohaeris”) Pierre Gill, Csc for Showtime’s The Borgias (“The Purge”) David Greene, Csc for The CW’s Beauty And the Beast (“Tough Love”) Anette Haellmigk for HBO’s Game Of Thrones (“Kissed by Fire”) Kramer Morgenthau, Asc for Fox’s Sleepy Hollow (“Pilot”) Ousama Rawi, Bsc, Csc for NBC’s Dracula (“The Blood is the Life”) Half-Hour Episodic Series Peter Levy, Acs, Asc for...

The American Society of Cinematographers has revealed the television nominees for its 28th annual Outstanding Achievement Awards, which will be held Feb. 1, 2014 at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom. The nominees in the category for one-hour episodic television series including a pair from Game of Thrones: Jonathan Freeman for the episode “Valar Dohaeris” and Anette Haellmigk for “Kissed by Fire.” Nominees also include Steven Bernstein for Magic City (“The Sins of the Father”), David Franco for Boardwalk Empire (“Erlkönig”), Pierre Gill for The Borgias (“The Purge”), David Greene for Beauty and the Beast (“Tough Love”), Kramer

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The 21st annual Hamptons International Film Festival (October 10-14) has announced this year's lineup of signature programs set to include Helena Bonham Carter and Bruce Dern in its featured "A Conversation With..." section.   Hiff has awarded the Alfred P. Sloan film prize to Steven Bernstein for "Decoding Annie Parker" about a young woman's struggle to overcome the familial and hereditary tragedies imposed on her by breast cancer. The festival has also awarded the Conflict & Resolution Award to Carlos Agullo and Mandy Jacobson's Nelson Mandela-based documentary "Plot for Peace."  The festival, which has long celebrated and emphasized uniquely thought-provoking international films and filmmakers, has included in its program a variety of films from Egypt, Lebanon, Israel and South Africa, among others. Executive Director Anne Chaisson praised the festival's commitment to elevating globalized storytelling by remarking, "Fourteen years ago, Hiff created signature...

Exclusive: Some two years after she first put the film together, Helen Hunt has locked financing and cast for Ride, her directing followup to her 2007 debut Then She Found Me. Hunt, who’s coming off an Oscar-nominated performance in The Sessions, wrote the film, produces and stars as well. Ride begins production in Los Angeles on August 5, and Hunt stars with Luke Wilson Dexter‘s David Zayas, Mike White, Richard Kind, Leonor Varela, Elizabeth Jayne and Brenton Thwaites. The latter plays a 20-year old Nyu student who moves from New York to California for the summer. He leaves behind his strong-willed magazine editor mother (Hunt) and when she hears he’s chucking school for surfing, she follows him. There, he pursues his dream and she pursues him. Along the way she meets a surf teacher (Wilson) who brings her to life in every way. Both mother and son find their own version of love,...

There was a time when, not so long ago, where if breast cancer reoccurred within a family, doctors would simply call it bad luck. It happened to a woman named Annie Parker, who lost her mother and sister to the disease – yet as dramatized in the film Decoding Annie Parker, doctors didn’t think any kind of genetic link was possible. Well, we know there is now. We know about the Brca-1 gene, which has gotten considerable attention after Angelina Jolie announced she had it and that she’d taken a surgical option to prevent getting cancer. Now, from another part of Hollywood, director Steven Bernstein is hoping his film will keep the discussion going. It was through Annie Parker’s family history that researchers discovered Brca-1 in the first place.

Emir Baigazin’s Harmony Lessons won the 39th Seattle International Film Festival’s Best New Director grand jury prize on Sunday [9] as top brass handed out jury and audience awards.Scroll down for full list of winners

The Siff 2013 Best Documentary grand jury prize went to Penny Lane’s Our Nixon and Lucy Walker earned a special jury prize for The Crash Reel, while Kyle Patrick Alvarez took the Best New American Cinema grand jury prize for C.O.G.

In the audience awards, Henk Pretorius’ Fanie Fourie’s Lobola won the Best Film Golden Space Needle Award and Morgan Neville’s Twenty Feet From Stardom took the corresponding documentary prize.

The Best Director Golden Space Needle Award went to Nabil Ayouch for Horses Of God, while best actor was awarded to James Cromwell for Still Mine and best actress to Samantha Morton for Decoding Annie Parker.

The Best Short Film Golden Space Needle Award was presented to [link...

The Palm Beach International Film Festival (Pbiff) announced their 2013 lineup today which includes 26 world premiers and 8 U.S. premieres. The festival runs from April 4-11 and will kick off with the screening of "Decoding Annie Parker," a film by Steven Bernstein. The film stars Maggie Grace, Academy Award-winner Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton (as Annie Parker), Rashida Jones and Aaron Paul. "Decoding Annie Parker" is based on a true story and spans 15 years in the lives of two women, Anne Parker and geneticist, Mary Claire King. Parker's life is devastated by a rare illness as those around her start to fall away when impacted by the complications of a ill-riddled life. Mary Claire King is a brilliant geneticist who believes there is a genetic link to the type of cancer that afflicts people like Anne, but few share her view. Their lives are intertwined in this story about bravery amidst trials.

J.S. Cardones 2001 bloodsucker tale The Forsaken has a few really good things going for it. Actor Johnathon Schaech (remember that really disturbing mommyson flick Hush Well this is son) makes for a nasty villain who plays up vampirism with conviction there are a few scenes that showcase some pretty gnarly practical special effects and Steven Bernstein is a very very seasoned and skilled Dp. The bad news is for every quality the picture offers theres a major deterrent floating in the foreground easily detectable by most and near impossible to miss...

James Tupper, a Grey’s Anatomy and Revenge regular who was last seen one the big screen in this summer’s Mr. Popper’s Penguins, has joined the ensemble cast of Steve Bernstein‘s Decoding Annie Parker. According to THR, Tupper will play the husband of Parker’s best friend, played by Alice Eve.

The drama is centered around the breast-cancer patient Annie Parker, who believed that the disease was genetically linked which led to the discovery of the breast cancer gene. Parker will be played by In America star Samantha Morton, along side Helen Hunt, Rashida Jones, Maggie Grace, Aaron Paul and Benjamin McKenzie. The project will be produced by Clark Peterson (Monster), Tatiana Kelly and Jim Young.

Known mostly for his role as cinematographer, Parker will be Bernstein‘s feature length directorial debut. Judging by the current cast, directing the actors shouldn’t be a problem since Morton...

James Tupper, best known for his roles on the hit ABC hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy as well as Men in Trees, joined the comic drama Decoding Annie Parker starring alongside Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Maggie Grace and Corey Stoll. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Steven Bernstein signed on to direct the true story of geneticist Mary Claire King (Hunt) who discovers a gene for breast cancer, and Annie Parker (Morton), a patient resolved to fight her diagnosis. Tupper, last seen alongside Jim Carrey in Mr. Popper’s Penguins, joined the cast as the husband to Parker’s best friend (Alice Eve).

James Tupper, best known for his roles on the hit ABC hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy as well as Men in Trees, joined the comic drama Decoding Annie Parker starring alongside Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Maggie Grace and Corey Stoll. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Steven Bernstein signed on to direct the true story of geneticist Mary Claire King (Hunt) who discovers a gene for breast cancer, and Annie Parker (Morton), a patient resolved to fight her diagnosis. Tupper, last seen alongside Jim Carrey in Mr. Popper’s Penguins, joined the cast as the husband to Parker’s best friend (Alice Eve).