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A sewing supply shopowner who stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong is faced with three choices – commit the perfect crime, call the police, or run away

Thread-slingers with an addiction to YouTube tutorials (like me) may have seen an amusing film by seamstress/historian Bernadette Banner in which she reacts to a bunch of films that feature actors sewing, or at least pretending to sew. Examples include How the Grinch Stole Christmas (not convincing) to The Phantom Thread. Each one is picked apart with waspish scrutiny by Banner, who can spot the difference between a vintage treadle-operated chain stitch machine and a lockstitch machine from different periods in the 19th-century. Hopefully Banner will get a chance to scrutinise this loosely sewing-themed thriller and nitpick its faux pas, such as the bit where the seamstress protagonist Barbara (Eve Connolly) seems to sew a button on a client’s wedding dress in less than a minute.

"Would you say that my actions were justified?" Vertigo Releasing has unveiled an official trailer for a film called Sew Torn, an intriguing crime comedy + psychological thriller with Run Lola Run-esque vibes. This first premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival last year, and it also played at the Locarno, Sitges, and Camerimage Film Festivals. Eve Connolly stars as Barbara Duggen, a mobile seamstress, who gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating, frightening game of cat and mouse, her different choices lead her to drastically different outcomes along the way. The narrative presents the repercussions of all three of her decisions, and the deadly confrontations that result from each as she gets entangled with the case's owner. Using thread to free herself, Duggen stops at nothing to save her store. The film also stars Calum Worthy, John Lynch,...

"Someone like you... can't touch people like us." Prime Video has revealed the official trailer for a romance series called Maxton Hall - The World Between Us, adapted from the book series known as Save Me originally (written by Mona Kasten). This is a German streaming series that is set for a worldwide release on Prime Video this May, if anyone wants to watch some steamy university courtship. Quick-witted scholarship student Ruby unwittingly witnesses a secret at Maxton Hall. Arrogant millionaire heir James is determined to silence her, but their clash ignites an unexpected spark... "Our favorite subject: their chemistry." Starring Harriet Herbig-Matten as Ruby and ​​​​​​​Damian Hardung as James. With an ensemble cast also including Sonja Weißer, Fedja Van Huêt, Clelia Sarto, Runa Greiner, Martin Neuhaus, Julia-Maria Köhler, Andrea Guo, Justus Riesner, Eli Riccardi, Ben Felipe, Esmael Agostinho, Govinda Cholleti, Frederic Balonier, Eidin Jalali, Thomas Douglas, Cynthia Micas, Hyun Wanner,...

“Maxton Hall” is a new drama series, based on the book “Save Me” by Mona Kasten, directed by Martin Schreier and Tarek Roehlinger, starring Damian Hardung, Harriet Herbig-Matten, Sonja Weißer, Fedja Van Huêt, Clelia Sarto, Runa Greiner, Martin Neuhaus, Julia-Maria Köhler, Andrea Guo, Justus Riesner, Eli Riccardi, Ben Felipe, Esmael Agostinho, Govinda Cholleti, Frederic Balonier, Eidin Jalali, Thomas Douglas, Cynthia Micas, Hyun Wanner and Gustav Schmidt, streaming May 9, 2024 on Prime Video:

“….when ‘Ruby’ unwittingly witnesses an explosive secret at ‘Maxton Hall’ private school, the arrogant millionaire heir ‘James Beaufort’ has to deal with the quick-witted scholarship student for better or worse:

“He is determined to silence Ruby. But their passionate exchange of words unexpectedly ignites a spark ... “

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“Choices, choices…,” says the narrator, a young seamstress, in this strange and striking debut from Freddy Macdonald. A neo-noir in the early Coens tradition, Sew Torn also features a bold tri-part structure in which the heroine, Barbara (Eve Connolly) — like Lola before her in Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run — gets three standalone chances to pursue a different destiny after stumbling on the bloody aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong on a quiet country road.

It begins with image of a reel of red cotton, a briefcase and a dead body. This is Barbara, who wonders what we’ll make of her story. Macdonald’s film then loops back to explain who Barbara got here, a tale of chance and coincidence that reshuffles its characters in a way that always surprises,...

Kristen Stewart has delivered what many are saying is her best performance yet in Spencer, and she's even already getting some Oscar buzz. Written by Steven Knight and directed by Pablo Larraín, Spencer serves as a biopic for Princess Di, chronicling the destruction of her marriage to Prince Charles. It recently held its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival where it received a three-minute standing ovation with additional screenings at the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Many of those in attendance to watch Spencer have been walking away impressed, particularly satisfied with Kristen Stewart in the lead role. Forbes' Scott Mendelson says that the movie "thrusts the perpetually underrated actress into the Oscar race." Variety also reports that "there's already been plenty of talk in Venice that the role will likely land Stewart her first Oscar nomination." The outlet also compares Stewart's performance to...

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Fox Searchlight has snapped up rights to another short film, acquiring Sew Torn written and directed by 18-year-old filmmaker Freddy Macdonald.

The film will be made available on Fox Searchlight’s social media channels. Sew Torn tells of a seamstress, her thread, and a deal gone bad.

Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet stars with Cor Boersma, and Thomas Douglas in the film, which Searchlight said combined a “surprising blend of American cinema starring European actors in Swiss locales”.

The Zurich-based, Los Angeles-born Macdonald produced the film and Call Me By Your Name producer Peter Spears is the executive producer.

Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired Sew Torn, the new short film by 18-year-old writer-director Freddy Macdonald. The short is Macdonald’s fifth, and will be made available on Fox Searchlight social media channels.

“Freddy Macdonald is a very promising filmmaker with a fresh and confident storytelling style. We’re thrilled to get this short film in front of audiences worldwide,” said Fox Searchlight Pictures’ Chairmen Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula.

The Zurich-based, Los Angeles-born Macdonald, said Fox Searchlight, “combines a unique and surprising blend of American cinema starring European actors in Swiss locales.” Sew Torn is a tale of a seamstress, her thread, and a deal gone bad. The film stars Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet, Cor Boersma, and Thomas Douglas.

The film was produced by Macdonald and executive produced by Peter Spears (Call Me By Your Name).

“Having worked with Dagna, Cor, and Thomas, and my cinematographer Sebastian Klinger on a number...