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Ireland’s coast serves as a catalyst for a man’s furious unraveling in writer-director Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ strikingly atmospheric first feature. “It Is in Us All,” , is anchored by the force-of-nature turn from its superlative star Cosmo Jarvis. Intoxicating to the senses, this film boasts an indomitable vitality, a zest for life so uncontainable it brims with mortal danger.

British-raised Hamish (Jarvis), a put-together man in his 30s, returns to the seaside Irish hometown of his late mother to see the house he inherited from his aunt before selling it. But on his drive there, a fateful car crash sends him to the hospital without major bodily injuries, but a torturous moral wound: In the collision, a teenaged boy in the other car died, while the alleged passenger, 17-year-old Evan (Rhys Mannion), survived.

What he expected to get resolved in a quick trip turns into a cataclysm of the soul...

Sales talks to commence with EFM buyers.

Montreal-based WaZabi Films has come on board to represent worldwide sales on Antonia Campbell-Hughes’s SXSW premiere It Is In Us All and will start talks with EFM buyers.

Campbell-Hughes wrote and also has a role in the Irish film starring Cosmo Jarvis from Peaky Blinders and The Evening Hour about a formidable man who cares for nothing and is forced to confront his self-destructive nature when a violent car crash involving a sexually charged boy challenges him to face his truth.

Claes Bang (The Square) and newcomer Rhys Mannion round out the...

Exclusive: The Voice Creative and Slew Pictures have acquired feature film development rights to Joan Bauer’s bestselling novel Hope Was Here, with the latter’s founder Bertha Bay-Sa Pan gearing up to adapt it for the big screen.

Hope Was Here tells the story of Hope, a 16-year-old waitress who is no stranger to hardships, heartaches, and betrayal. With her aunt Addie, comfort food chef extraordinaire, she’s moved too much, but always hones her waitressing skills, impressing hungry people everywhere. After losing their restaurant in Brooklyn, Hope and Addie leave the city they love to run a diner in rural Wisconsin, finding themselves in a town divided with real problems and corrupt politics.

Hope’s waitressing has taught her to read people and instinct tells her to trust Gt Stoop, the owner of the Welcome Stairways Diner, who has just ended chemo treatment for cancer by announcing that he’s running for mayor.

J.K. Simmons has joined the cast of Sheridan O’Donnell’s debut dramedy feature “Little Brother,” TheWrap has learned exclusively.

The previously announced leads are Daniel Diemer (“The Half of It”) and Philip Ettinger (“The Evening Hour”). The film follows Jake and Pete Duffy, who embark on a road trip after Pete’s recent suicide attempt.

Simmons will play Warren Duffy, the brother’s father. Filming is underway.

O’Donnell wrote the script in memory of a late friend who took his own life seven years ago.

“Any filmmaker’s feature debut is special, but the opportunity to work with such a revered actor is beyond words,” O’Donnell said in a statement. “As both a director and a longtime fan, I couldn’t be more excited to work with J.K. on ‘Little Brother.'”

Chris Dodds’ Made By Limbo is producing alongside Mary Haarmeyer & Keagan Karnes’ 19 Twelve Films, and...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Bisbee ’17 (Robert Greene)

Over the past decade, Robert Greene has carved out a place as one of the most vital American documentarians working today, and with Bisbee ’17, he has produced perhaps his most accomplished work to date. A chronicle of the centennial reenactment of the forced deportation of mining workers that occurred in the eponymous Arizona town, the film emerges as a clear-eyed, blistering look into contemporary political divisions through an entire spectrum of viewpoints, while still possessing some of the most lucid and impressive filmmaking of 2018. – Ryan S.

Where to Stream: Mubi (free for 30 days)

The Evening Hour (Braden King)

Has there been a great feature made about the opioid crisis in America? Director Braden King is determined to answer the...

Philip Ettinger and Daniel Diemer will star in “Little Brother,” a new indie dramedy that is heading into production. The debut feature film is from Korean-American writer and director, Sheridan O’Donnell.

“Little Brother” follows Jake, played by Diemer, as he drives his older brother Pete, played by Ettinger, home for a family intervention after his most recent suicide attempt. While on the drive, the two brothers struggle to come to terms with the past, while trying to survive and cope with the present. “Little Brother” is inspired by a close friend of O’Donnell’s, who took his own life — with the film aiming to destigmatize and push conversations surrounding mental health and suicide.

Ettinger co-starred in HBO’s “I Know This Much Is True,” alongside Mark Ruffalo, and was the lead in the film, “The Evening Hour,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will be released this August.

Cosmo Jarvis is an up-and-coming actor who has attracted notice in the UK for his performances in films like Lady Macbeth and Calm with Horses. For his latest cinematic effort, Jarvis travels to the Appalachian region of the United States to portray Terry Rose, a man eager to take advantage of opportunity in a dangerous […]

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Opening on a mountaintop, The Evening Hour pans slowly across a vast Appalachian landscape, soaking in birdsong and morning light. In the distance, a series of explosions disrupt the surrounding idyll, but only for a moment. As plumes of ash and debris hang in the still mountain air, the shot holds into a static composition, those ominous detonations newly part of the tableau. Braden King’s second feature, his first since 2011’s Here, maintains this painterly sensibility – one of observation over action, meditation over movement – throughout its patient, precise portrait of a Kentucky mining town, its inhabitants, and the […]

The post “A World That’s Fraying at the Edges”: Braden King on The Evening Hour, Appalachia, and Collective Memory first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Opening on a mountaintop, The Evening Hour pans slowly across a vast Appalachian landscape, soaking in birdsong and morning light. In the distance, a series of explosions disrupt the surrounding idyll, but only for a moment. As plumes of ash and debris hang in the still mountain air, the shot holds into a static composition, those ominous detonations newly part of the tableau. Braden King’s second feature, his first since 2011’s Here, maintains this painterly sensibility – one of observation over action, meditation over movement – throughout its patient, precise portrait of a Kentucky mining town, its inhabitants, and the […]

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Sony Pictures Classics’ sci-fi drama Nine Days starring Winston Duke opens in four theaters in a specialty market buoyed by recent releases like Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain and Pig. New York’s arthouse scene, outpaced by LA of late, is perking up, distributors say (Ailey numbers were super there) and moviegoers are rewarding unique films and strong stories.

(The slow reviving specialty scene is keeping its head down as day-and-date tensions in wide release blockbuster-land explode.)

Nine Days hits NYC and LA today before rolling out nationwide August 6 in 250-275 theaters, said Jason Michael Berman, a producer, and president of Mandalay Pictures — of course depending on how it does. He’s upbeat after 800 people turned out for LA screening this week at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel with EP Spike Jonze introducing the film, written and directed by Edson Oda,...

The Evening Hour Trailer — Braden King‘s The Evening Hour (2020) movie trailer has been released by Strand Releasing. The Evening Hour stars Philip Ettinger, Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé, and Lili Taylor. Crew Elizabeth Palmore wrote the screenplay for The Evening Hour. Boxhead Ensemble, Michael Krassner, and Tim Rutili created the music [...]

Continue reading: The Evening Hour (2020) Movie Trailer: Philip Ettinger has struck a Dangerous Equilibrium between the Infrim, Addicts, & New Rivals...

A new trailer has arrived for the Sundance film “The Evening Hour” (via The Film Stage), and this new teaser gives us a first real look at the upcoming drama. “The Evening Hour” cast includes Philip Ettinger (known for HBO‘s “I Know This Much is True” and Paul Schrader‘s “First Reformed“), Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Kerry Bishé, Lili Taylor, Michael Trotter, Marc Menchaca, Ross Partridge, Frank Hoyt Taylor, and Tess Harper.

Braden King (“Here“) directs from a script penned by Elizabeth Palmore.

Read More: ‘The Evening Hour’: A Compassionate Drug Dealer Tries to Survive in Appalachia [Sundance Review]

The Playlist’s Sundance review written by Joe Blessing called the film “A quietly powerful portrait of a young man forced to make impossible decisions to try to live decently in a landscape torn apart by forces far larger than himself, “The Evening Hour” is both an empathetic and sobering drama.

"Do you understand what Everett is capable of?" Strand Releasing has unveiled an official US trailer for an indie drama titled The Evening Hour, made by filmmaker Braden King, adapted from Carter Sickels' acclaimed novel. This premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival last year, and it arrives in select US theaters this July. Set in "the autumnal mountains of southern Appalachia," a nursing home aide becomes a small-time drug dealer, reselling his patients' excess painkillers to local addicts to help make ends meet. Starring Philip Ettinger (from First Reformed), with Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé, and Lili Taylor. Directed by Braden King, and set to an original score by Michael Krassner, Tim Rutili and Boxhead Ensemble, The Evening Hour presents "an authentic portrait of a rural American landscape in transition - and a moving, lyrical hymn for the complex tangle of hardship and hope wrought by opioid addiction in Appalachia.

Following his Ben Foster-led drama Here, director Braden King returned to Sundance to premiere his latest work, The Evening Hour. Led by First Reformed star Philip Ettinger, the adaptation of Carter Sickels’ novel by screenwriter Elizabeth Palmore follows a man living in the mountains of southern Appalachia. Along with looking after the older members of the community, he sells their excess painkillers to local addicts to help make ends meet. When an old friend (played by the great Cosmo Jarvis) shows up, things soon turn awry.

Picked up by Strand Releasing following its 2020 Sundance debut, the film is set to arrive on July 30 at NYC’s IFC Center and on August 6 at LA’s Laemmle Theaters, and we’re pleased to debut the exclusive trailer and poster. Dan Mecca said in his Sundance review, “Through Cole do we understand that while the drugs are harmful for this community, they...

Both films to receive 2021 theatrical release followed by home entertainment, digital.

Film Movement has acquired Dutch genre festival films The Columnist and Tailgate and plans 2021 US theatrical releases for both.

Darkly comedic revenge story The Columnist starring Katja Herbers and played in official selection at Montreal’s Fantasia Fest and London’s FrightFest.

Herbers plays a journalist besieged by trolls who decides to strike back. Ivo van Aart directed from a screenplay by Daan Windhoorst.

Sitges selection Tailgate explores the consequences when a man on a road trip with his family angers a psychopath in a road rage incident.

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Fabien Westerhoff of Film Constellation handles international sales.

Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights from Cinetic Media to Braden King’s Sundance 2020 selection The Evening Hour and is eyeing a spring release.

Fabien Westerhoff of Film Constellation handles international sales on the crime drama starring Philip Ettinger as a man in the Appalachians who cares for the elderly and infirm and sells excess painkillers to local addicts to bring in a little extra cash.

His life is upended when an old friend returns with dangerous plans, and his estranged mother comes back into his life. The Evening Hour...

London-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has come on board Cathy Brady’s debut feature “Wildfire,” which world premieres in the Discovery section at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.

The film centers on sisters Lauren and Kelly, an inseparable pair brought up in a small town by the Irish border. Their lives fell apart with the mysterious death of their mother. Left to pick up the pieces, Lauren is confronted with their dark past when Kelly returns home having been missing for a year. “An intense sisterhood reignited, Kelly’s desire to unearth their history is not welcomed by all, and the town is rife with rumors and malice that threaten to overwhelm them,” according to a statement from Film Constellation.

The film’s press and industry screening at Toronto is on Sept. 14 at 11 A.M. via digital access. The festival world premiere is at 9 P.M.

London-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation and the global curated streaming service Mubi have partnered to host an exclusive premiere of Werner Herzog’s “Family Romance, LLC” on July 3 in the U.S., featuring an exclusive introduction and interview with Herzog.

In other international territories, the company is collaborating with the local theatrical distributor, including U.K. distributor Modern Films, Artplex in Brazil, PVR in India, I Wonder in Italy, who will participate in the preview event for their local release.

Herzog, who not only directed but also served as writer and cinematographer, will introduce the virtual premiere and conclude with an exclusive 15 minute Q&a.

The special preview will be hosted on Mubi and will be available to stream for free for 24-hours in more than 150 countries, including the U.S. and Canada.

“Family Romance, LLC” is the latest feature from Herzog. Receiving its premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,...

The Right Stuff will no longer take flight on National Geographic.

The series has been moved to streamer Disney+ ahead of a fall debut.

Eight episodes have been ordered of the scripted adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s bestselling nonfiction account of the early days of the U.S. space program.

The show takes clear-eyed look at what would become America's first "reality show," as ambitious astronauts and their families become instant celebrities in a competition that could kill them or make them immortal.

The two men at the center of the story are Major John Glenn, a revered test pilot and committed family man with unwavering principles, portrayed by Patrick J. Adams (Suits), and Lieutenant Commander Alan Shepard, one of the best test pilots in Navy history, portrayed by Jake McDorman.

At the height of the Cold War in 1959, the Soviet Union dominates the space race. To combat a national sentiment of fear and decline,...

Lili Taylor, who recently was seen in the Sundance film The Evening Hour, and The Borgias actor Francois Arnaud have signed on to star in The Winter House, an indie romantic thriller from writer-director Keith Boynton.

Hunter Emery, Beth Fowler and Stephen Bradbury co-star in the film, which is being produced by Tony Glazer and Summer Crockett Moore under their Choice Films banner.

The film tells the story of a brilliant and successful novelist (Taylor) seeking solitude in a rental home on a remote corner of New England in the dead of winter who encounters a handsome, charismatic and troubled grifter (Arnaud) who claims he’s the son of the landlord. As winter wears on, two lost souls will offer each other salvation, both knowing full well that the opposite is far more likely.

In rural Appalachia, Cole (Philip Ettinger), a health aide working at a nursing home, helps make ends meet by selling off excess pills from the townspeople to other local buyers. While Cole doesn’t see himself as perpetuating a culture of addiction, he finds himself in the center of conflict between the town’s drug kingpin when a childhood friend comes back to town and encourages Cole to assert his dominance in the local drug trade. Cinematographer Declan Quinn discusses the inspiration and technique that went into Braden King’s The Evening Hour. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the […]...

In rural Appalachia, Cole (Philip Ettinger), a health aide working at a nursing home, helps make ends meet by selling off excess pills from the townspeople to other local buyers. While Cole doesn’t see himself as perpetuating a culture of addiction, he finds himself in the center of conflict between the town’s drug kingpin when a childhood friend comes back to town and encourages Cole to assert his dominance in the local drug trade. Cinematographer Declan Quinn discusses the inspiration and technique that went into Braden King’s The Evening Hour. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the […]...

Has there been a great feature made about the opioid crisis in America? Director Braden King is determined to answer the question “yes” with The Evening Hour, written by Elizabeth Palmore and based on the novel by Carter Sickels. And while he bites off a bit more than he can chew here, there’s a good deal that resonates.

First Reformed‘s Philip Ettinger stars as Cole, a nursing home aide who moonlights as a drug dealer. Only, he seems to have something of a moral code about the meds he’s slinging. Sure, he’s keeping a lot of townspeople addicted but he’s doing it responsibly, legitimately supporting some who can’t afford pills they need and keeping others safe from the much-worse Everett (Marc Menchaca). He carries on a half-assed relationship with Charlotte (Stacy Martin) and a general sense of calm. This all crumbles once Terry Rose...

, Braden King’s “The Evening Hour” shines on a rural Appalachian town like a golden ray of fading sunlight; as dark as the story gets, this hyper-empathetic film never fails to see its characters as decent people trying to make the best of a bad situation. This is the kind of movie that opens with someone reading a Bible verse over a shot of mountain grass swaying in the wind as the first woozy strains of Boxhead Ensemble’s score prepare to take your breath away.

Which isn’t to say that “The Evening Hour” elides the awfulness of the epidemic; that same opening shot pans across the landscape in time to see an ominous explosion in the distance. Every frame is saturated with a sense of quiet desperation. The rival drug pushers inevitably pull their guns on each other, and even the kindest intentions have a way of souring into sadness.

A small town already down on its luck receives a few fresh kicks in “The Evening Hour.” Based on Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel, this second narrative feature from director Braden King is more plot-driven than his first, 2011’s “Here,” a leisurely and slight, if pleasant, road-trip romance. Indeed, there may be a little more content here than the film knows quite what to do with, given an opioid epidemic, related criminal intrigue and various problematic relationships crowded into a story that King prefers to let unfold somewhat passively when a more taut, suspenseful approach might seem more apt.

Still, this snapshot of life in a tapped-out Appalachian mining town holds the attention, even if it doesn’t quite maximize potential as either melodrama or character piece. In the current climate, its modest theatrical prospects will likely be outpaced by potential as a streaming item.

With his sunny disposition and natural inclination for caretaking,...

A quietly powerful portrait of a young man forced to make impossible decisions to try to live decently in a landscape torn apart by forces far larger than himself, “The Evening Hour” is both an empathetic and sobering drama. Taking place in a mostly forgotten corner of Appalachia dominated by coal mining and rampant opioid use, “The Evening Hour” is the story of Cole Freeman (Philip Ettinger), who by day tenderly takes care of the elderly and by night deals prescription drugs according to his own moral code. Director Braden King, working from a novel by Carter Sickels, spends the rest of the film showing the complexity of Cole’s code and how the return of an old friend to his small town, Terry Rose (Cosmo Jarvis), pushes that code to its breaking point.

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Whether capturing or creating a world, the objects onscreen tell as much of a story as the people within it. Whether sourced or accidental, insert shot or background detail, what prop or piece of set decoration do you find particularly integral to your film? What story does it tell? The Evening Hour tells the story of Cole Freeman, who maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his declining Appalachian mining town, looking after the old and infirm in the community while selling their excess painkillers to local addicts to help make ends meet. When an old friend, Terry Rose, returns with plans […]...

Whether capturing or creating a world, the objects onscreen tell as much of a story as the people within it. Whether sourced or accidental, insert shot or background detail, what prop or piece of set decoration do you find particularly integral to your film? What story does it tell? The Evening Hour tells the story of Cole Freeman, who maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his declining Appalachian mining town, looking after the old and infirm in the community while selling their excess painkillers to local addicts to help make ends meet. When an old friend, Terry Rose, returns with plans […]...

Nearly a decade after premiering his feature directorial debut, the Ben Foster-starring “Here,” at the Sundance Film Festival, Braden King returns with another new look at the unexpected bonds that rule in a quiet pocket of the world. King’s latest, “The Evening Hour,” stars up-and-comers Philip Ettinger and Cosmo Jarvis (“Lady Macbeth”) in an elegiac look at present-day Appalachia.

Cast as old pals who are forced to grapple with very adult concerns that have repercussions for their entire community, Ettinger and Jarvis lead a rich supporting cast to back them up. The film also stars Stacy Martin, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé, Lili Taylor, Marc Menchaca, Ross Partridge, Frank Hoyt Taylor, and Tess Harper. First-time screenwriter Elizabeth Palmore adapted Carter Sickels’ 2012 debut novel of the same name.

Per the film’s official Sundance synopsis: “Cole, a popular, young health aide at a nursing home living in rural Appalachia, makes...

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IndieWire reached out to the cinematographers behind the scripted narrative features premiering this week at Sundance to find out which cameras, lenses, and formats they used, and why they chose them to create the looks and meet the production demands of their films. Here are their responses.

Films appear in alphabetical order by title, and are organized by section:

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“Blast Beat”

Dir: Esteban Arango, DoP: Ed Wu

Format: Red Helium 8K S35 Raw 6:5

Camera: Red Helium

Lens: Lomo Anamorphic Round

Wu: This was a film made with heart, blood, tears and soul. We fought for what we wanted creatively even though we had a limited budget for what we were trying to achieve. We knew that we wanted to make an “Uber-Metalized American Latino Adventure” movie, meaning we wanted to have some serious kick...

Comprising a portion of our top 50 films of last year, Sundance Film Festival has proven to yield the first genuine look at what the year in cinema will bring. We’ll be heading back to Park City this week, but before we do, it’s time to highlight the films we’re most looking forward to, including documentaries and narrative features from all around the world.

While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the 11 days, below one will find our 20 most-anticipated titles. Check out our picks and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter, and stay tuned to all of our coverage here.

20. The Truffle Hunters (Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw)

There will be no shortage of timely, issue-driven documentaries at Sundance Film Festival, as is the case each year, and we’re looking forward to seeing a...

Philip Ettinger, Cosmo Jarvis, Stacy Martin, Lili Taylor star.

UK-based sales agent Film Constellation has boarded Braden King’s Us drama The Evening Hour, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Sundance on January 27.

The company is handling international sales on the title, with Cinetic representing North American rights.

The film is based on Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel of the same name, with a script written by Elizabeth Palmore.

It follows Cole, a nursing home worker whose double life as a small-time drug dealer who cares for his customers is threatened by the arrival of his childhood friend Terry Rose.

My Mexican BretzelThe titles for the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam are being announced in anticipation of the event running January 22 – February 2, 2020. We will update the program as new films are revealed.

Tiger COMPETITIONEl año del descubrimiento (Luis López Carrasco)Beasts Clawing at Straws (Kim Yonghoon)The Cloud in Her Room (Zheng Lu Xinyuan)Desterro (Maria Clara Escobar)Drama Girl (Vincent Boy Kars)La fortaleza (Jorge Thielen Armand)Kala azar (Janis Rafa)Nasir (Arun Karthick)Piedra sola (Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf)Si yo fuera el invierno mismo (Jazmín López)

Bright Future COMPETITIONBabai (Artem Aisagaliev)Chaco (Diego Mondaca)Los fantasmas (Sebastián Lojo)Fellwechselzeit (Sabrina Mertens)For the Time Being (Salka Tiziana)I Blame Society (Gillian Wallace Horvat)Moving On (Yoon Dan-bi)My Mexican Bretzel (Nuria Giménez Lorang)Ofrenda (Juan María Mónaco Cagni)Panquiaco (Ana Elena Tejera)A Rifle and a Bag (Isabella Rinaldi / Cristina Hanes / Arya Rothe)Sebastian jumps über Geländer (Ceylan-Alejandro...

The feature film lineup at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival has been unveiled, featuring 118 films. Among the highly-anticipated premieres we have Josephine Decker’s Shirley, Miranda July’s Kajillionaire, Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Janicza Bravo’s Zola, Kirsten Johnson’s Dick Johnson Is Dead, Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor, Julie Taymor’s The Glorias, Dee Rees’ The Last Thing He Wanted, Sean Durkin’s The Nest, Michael Almereyda’s Tesla, Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy, and more.

Check out the list below and return for our coverage from January 23-February 2, 2020.

U.S. Dramatic Competition

Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film. Films that have premiered in this category in recent years include The Farewell, Honey Boy, Clemency, Eighth Grade, Sorry to Bother You and The Miseducation of Cameron Post. 47% of the directors in this year’s U.

The Sundance Institute announced its full lineup for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Wednesday, which includes films like “Nine Days,” starring Winston Duke and Zazie Beetz, and “Downhill,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, as well as documentaries about Bruce Lee, Taylor Swift and Pepe the Frog.

Other films that will be heading to Park City, Utah in January include “Shirley”, “Sylvie’s Love”, “Tesla”, “Us Kids,” about the Parkland shooting, “Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia”, “Spree”, “Dream Horse”, “Four Good Days”, “The Glorias”, “The Last Thing He Wanted”, and “Wendy,” directed by Benh Zeitlin. The Closing Night film will be “Falling,” directed and written by Viggo Mortensen.

The Sundance Film Festival announced a total of 188 feature films for next year’s festival, drawing from a record high of 15,100 submissions from 27 countries. Additionally, 44 first-time filmmakers will bring their work to the festival. Of the 65 directors in all four competition categories,...

Exclusive: Chris Chalk (Gotham) and Shea Whigham (Homecoming) are set as series regulars opposite Matthew Rhys in Perry Mason, HBO’s limited series from Team Downey. Additionally, Nate Corddry (Mom), Veronica Falcon (Queen of the South), Jefferson Mays (I Am The Night), Gayle Rankin (Glow) and Lili Taylor (Chambers) have been cast in recurring roles.

Written and executive produced by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald, who also will showrun, and based on the characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, the reimagined Perry Mason is set in 1931 Los Angeles. While the rest of the country suffers through the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong! Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, the limited series follows the origins of American Fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason (Rhys). When the case of the decade breaks down his door,...

Exclusive: Lili Taylor and Stefania Lavie Owen have been set to star in Paper Spiders, an indie drama that is being directed by Inon Spampanier based on a script by Inon Shampanier and Natalie Shampanier. Shooting gets underway this month in Syracuse, NY.

Owen, currently onscreen in Harmonie Korine’s The Beach Bum, is playing Melanie, a high school senior struggling to help her mother Dawn (Taylor), whose paranoid delusions spiral out of control. The pic is described as a bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.

Idiot Savant Pictures’ Anne Clements and Cranium Entertainment’s Ash Christian are producing.

Taylor’s recent film credits include The Nun and upcoming indie The Evening Hour. She’s reppped by Apa and Untitled Entertainment. Owen, next up in the Netflix suspense thriller Messiah, is with Paradigm and McKeon/Myones Entertainment. Natalie and...

The Evening Hour

Eight years between narrative features and using a film vocabulary on his debut film (Here) that might have been a cousin to the cinema of Julio Medem, Braden King returns with his sophomore film — the book to screen project of The Evening Hour. Production took place in October in Kentucky with the likes of Philip Ettinger, Stacy Martin and Lili Taylor came onboard to replace Cynthia Nixon.

Gist: Written by Elizabeth Palmore, this is an adaptation of Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel and follows Cole Freeman, a young man who maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm in the community and selling their excess painkillers to local addicts.…...

Exclusive: Lili Taylor, whose credits include American Crime, Hemlock Grove and Almost Human, has signed on as one of the stars of the indie film, The Evening Hour. Braden King is directing the feature, adapted from Carter Sickels’ 2012 novel, with production taking place in and around Harlan, Kentucky.

Taylor replaces Cynthia Nixon, who was originally attached to the project. Philip Ettinger (First Reformed), Stacy Martin (Vox Lux), Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) and Kerry Bishé (The Romanoffs) also star.

Written by Elizabeth Palmore, the story follows Cole Freeman, a young man who maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm in the community and selling their excess painkillers to local addicts. But when his old friend Terry Rose returns with plans to start his own drug operation, Cole is forced to take action to save the close-knit fabric of family, friendship, land, and history.

The story of the reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson comes to life in Terence Davies’ “A Quiet Passion,” which will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall.

A new festival trailer for the period drama was just released and showcases Cynthia Nixon as the renowned artist as she struggles with the world around her.

“A Quiet Passion” is a unique insight into Dickinson’s life and obsessions, and follows the writer from her schoolgirl days in Amherst, Massachusetts to her years writing in near-total isolation, where she produced over a thousand poems that are now regarded as the finest and most inventive in American literature.

Read More: First Look: Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies’ ‘A Quiet Passion’

The biopic also co-stars Jennifer Ehle as Dickinson’s sister, Lavinia, Keith Carradine as her father, Duncan Duff, Jodhi May, Joanna Bacon and Catherine Bailey. The picture...