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This week sees the UK cinema release of The Hunt, the controversial film that was delayed last year following the the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings. The Blumhouse film was highly anticipated, yet was pulled from the release schedule in August 2019 following a backlash due to the film’s supposed subject matter. Seven months later audiences are now allowed to see what all the fuss is about, and we spoke to Betty Gilpin, Ike Barinholtz, writer Damon Lindelof and producer Jason Blum to find out about that fuss.

The film stars Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall, Ethan Suplee, Emma Roberts, Christopher Barry, Sturgill Simpson, Kate Nowlin, Amy Madigan and Reed Birney. It was directed by Craig Zobel and written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof.

These interviews were conducted by DaniElle DeLaite. The Hunt is out in cinemas this Wednesday 11th March

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Blood Stripe Tandem Pictures Director: Remy Auberjonois Written by: Kate Nowlin, Remy Auberjonois Cast: Kate Nowlin, Tom Lipinski, Chris Sullivan, Rusty Schwimmer, Ashlie Atkinson, Ken Marks, Rene Auberjonois Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 9/8/17 Opens: Sept. 29, 2017 The movie industry should pay homage to women in the forefront of defending our country against its […]

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While there have been plenty of movies about soldiers returning home from war and adjusting to civilian life, few have been told from a female perspective. However, “Blood Stripe” offers an intriguing break from the usual, and today we have the exclusive trailer for the film.

Co-written and directed by Remy Auberjonois, and starring Kate Nowlin (who also co-wrote the film), Tom Lipinski, Chris Sullivan, Rusty Schwimmer, Ashlie Atkinson, Ken Marks, and Rene Auberjonois, the story follows a woman who returns from three tours in Afghanistan.

Continue reading Exclusive ‘Blood Stripe’ Trailer: War Comes Home In L.A. Film Festival Winner at The Playlist.

Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.

Openers, Closers and Other Additions

– The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the films that will play in the Special Screenings section of AFI Fest 2016 presented by Audi, which includes three World Premieres and four additional highly anticipated films.

The World Premiere of the CG-animated film “Moana” will play in the Special Screenings section, along with “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds” and “Toni Erdmann.” Also bowing as Special Screenings will be the World Premieres of “Miss Sloane” and, as previously announced, “The Comedian.”

AFI Fest has also added Pablo Larrain’s lauded “Jackie,” starring Natalie Portman, as a Centerpiece Gala.

– The Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced that “American Pastoral,” the directorial debut of Perthshire-born Ewan McGregor will have a special Edinburgh International Film Festival Gala at the Filmhouse,...

Today, we have a set of exclusive photos from the exciting new drama Blood Stripe. The movie is making it's World Premiere&#160at the&#160Los Angeles&#160Film Festival today, Thursday, June 2nd. Though the screening has already sold out, you can get a first look here!&#160And we've been told that a second screening has been added by popular demand on June 7th.

Blood Stripe&#160is&#160filmmaker&#160Remy&#160Auberjonois'&#160directorial debut. His father,&#160award winning&#160Tv actor&#160Ren&#233 Auberjonois&#160(Boston Legal, The Practice, Benson)&#160stars in the film alongside lead actress&#160Kate Nowlin&#160(Wgn's Outsiders,&#160Young Adult) in what is being called a tour de force performance. The film shines a spotlight on Ptsd in a way we rarely see. It is told from the perspective of a female combat veteran&#160(Nowlin).

Blood Stripe&#160vividly illustrates that the fight comes home with the soldier, regardless of gender.&#160And we get...

Westport Country Playhouse stages the world premiere of a new comedy, Harbor, written by two-time Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin and directed by Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos, now through September 15. The cast includes Tony Award nominee Bobby Steggert Broadways Ragtime, Emmy Award nominee Paul Anthony Stewart Guiding Light, Kate Nowlin and Alexis Molnar. Get a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below...

Chicago – Instead of trying to fill giant shoes in the shadows of his legendary filmmaker father Ivan Reitman (“Ghostbusters”), Jason Reitman has been successfully blazing his own path of films without message that are designed to incite your thoughts and question your actions.

Following the Golden Globe-nominated “Thank You For Smoking,” Oscar-winning “Juno” (with writer Diablo Cody) and Oscar-nominated “Up in the Air,” Reitman’s second collab with Cody switches to the journey of a “Young Adult” who seemingly learns to change her wicked ways but fails to.

Jason Reitman defiantly poses for the HollywoodChicago.com lens on on Dec. 7, 2011 for “Young Adult”.

Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com

That, Jason Reitman says, is reality more often than not. He says people typically don’t make drastic improvements with themselves unless, for example, it’s part of a 12-step program. “Young Adult” stars Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson,...

Chicago – Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) isn’t a girl you’d Facebook like. She’s got one too many dark passengers, she’s a repugnant drunk, she likes too much pink, her white dog is too puffy and most would consider it less than Usher cool that she’s throwing herself at a married man she couldn’t bag back in high school. Or is she? And is Mavis so different than you?

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Those are director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody’s key questions in their new collab “Young Adult” about one woman’s late-blooming arrested development. And questions they remain long after the credits roll. Reitman – the son of the legendary “Ghostbusters” filmmaker Ivan Reitman – is a non-message man. He doesn’t believe in them. Instead, he’s an open-ended, open-minded mystery man who wants you to think for yourself – or at least think at all. We...

Chicago – In our latest dramedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Young Adult” from the director of “Up in the Air” (Jason Reitman) and the writer of “Juno” (Diablo Cody) starring Charlize Theron and Patrick Wilson! Bonus! Tweet us your senior picture!

“Young Adult” also stars Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser, Collette Wolfe, Jill Eikenberry, Richard Bekins, Mary Beth Hurt, Kate Nowlin, Jenny Dare Paulin, Rebecca Hart, Louisa Krause, Elizabeth Ward Land, Brian McElhaney and Hettienne Park. The film opens on Dec. 9, 2011.

To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Young Adult” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.

Chicago – In our latest sports edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the original Cinderella story “The Mighty Macs” about women’s basketball!

“The Mighty Macs” stars Carla Gugino, David Boreanaz, Ellen Burstyn, Marley Shelton, Lauren Bittner, Jennifer Butler, Phyllis Somerville, Jesse Draper, Margaret Anne Florence, Christopher Mann, Kate Nowlin, Kathy Romano, Kim Blair, Malachy McCourt and Katie Hayek from writer and director Tim Chambers. The film opens on Oct. 21, 2011.

To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “The Mighty Macs” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 at 7 p.m. in Schaumburg, Ill. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.

The movie poster for “The Mighty Macs” with Carla Gugino, David Boreanaz and Ellen Burstyn.