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Two Women is retelling of the 1970 cult classic Two Women in Gold with a feminist spin, directed by Chloé Robichaud (Sarah Prefers to Run). In the film, a pair of struggling women decide to let loose and fulfill their unmet desires. Sara Mishara shot the film on 35mm. Below, she explains that choice and how the film’s cinematography offers thematic answers to its source material. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes […]

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Two Women is retelling of the 1970 cult classic Two Women in Gold with a feminist spin, directed by Chloé Robichaud (Sarah Prefers to Run). In the film, a pair of struggling women decide to let loose and fulfill their unmet desires. Sara Mishara shot the film on 35mm. Below, she explains that choice and how the film’s cinematography offers thematic answers to its source material. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes […]

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Sneak Peek new images of actress Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”), posing for the January 2025 issue of “Vogue” (Australia) magazine, wearing Chanel, Miu Miu, Balenciaga and a whole lot more, photographed by Josh Olins:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley was trained as a ballerina…

…then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016)…

…and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking’…

…in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019)…

…”My Salinger Year" (2020), "Maid" (2022), “Poor Things” (2023), “Drive-Away Dolls” (2023) and “The Substance” (2024).

Click the images to enlarge…...

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Margaret Qualley is one of the most talented and brilliant young actresses working in Hollywood right now. Born to actress Andie MacDowell, the actress, model, and dancer trained as a ballet dancer in her youth. She made her acting debut in 2013 with Gia Coppola‘s film Palo Alto. She recently starred in the hit satirical body horror film The Substance alongside Demi Moore. So, if you also love Qualley’s performances, here are the 10 best movies and TV shows starring Margaret Qualley.

10. My Salinger Year (AMC+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – IFC Films

My Salinger Year is a drama film written and directed by Philippe Falardeau. Based on the memoir of the same name by Joanna Rakoff, the 2020 film follows Joanna Rakoff, an aspiring writer working for literary agent Phyllis Westberg, as she receives some impactful personal advice from reclusive author J.D. Salinger.

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley (“Drive-Away Dolls”) posing as ‘ambassador’ for the Fall/Winter 2024 campaign by fashion brand Chanel, photographed by Inez & Vinoodh:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina…

…then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016)…

‘…and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking’…

…in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019)…

…”My Salinger Year" (2020), "Maid" (2022) and “Poor Things” (2023) and “Drive-Away Dolls” (2023).

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Three-time Oscar-nominated actor Sigourney Weaver will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.

Weaver said, “To be gifted this award is a privilege I share with all the filmmakers and collaborators I have worked with throughout the years. I proudly accept this award in celebration of all who have helped bring these films to life.”

Venice’s director Alberto Barbera, whose mandate was just renewed, said, “An actress of the caliber of Sigourney Weaver has few rivals. Strengthened by her significant theatrical training, she won over the great film-going public with ‘Alien,’ directed by Ridley Scott, soon becoming an emblematic figure of the 1980s.”

“During the course of that decade, she forged the image of a heroine unprecedented in the action film genre, able to victoriously rival the male models who, up to that point, had dominated epic and adventure movies. Not satisfied...

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley (“Drive-Away Dolls”) posing for the latest issue of "Elle" (UK) magazine, photographed by Tom Schirmacher:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina…

‘…then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016)…

‘…and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking’…

‘…in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020), "Maid" (2022) and “Poor Things” (2023) and “Drive-Away Dolls” (2023).

Click the images to enlarge…...

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the November 2023 issue of "Elle" (Germany) magazine, photographed by Cass Bird:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking, in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and "Maid" (2022).

Click the images to enlarge…...

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the October 2023 issue of "Harper's Bazaar" (US) magazine, wearing Chanel, Miu Miu, Tory Burch and a whole lot more, photographed by Amy Troost:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking'...

"...in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019)...

...followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and "Maid" (2022).

Click the images to enlarge…...

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for "S Moda" magazine:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and "Maid" (2022).

Click the images to enlarge…...

Academy Award-nominated director Philippe Falardeau will present his documentary series “Lac Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident” at Canneseries as its world premiere, followed by its North American premiere at Hot Docs as part of the Deep Dive category. Variety debuts its heart-breaking trailer here (see below).

In the four-part series, Falardeau investigates one of the worst oil train tragedies in history; a foreseeable catastrophe ignited by corporate and political negligence.

Almost 10 years ago, on July 6, 2013, a devastating tragedy occurred in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, when a runaway train derailed in the heart of this idyllic town. Within seconds, six million liters of Bakken oil explode, killing everyone in its vicinity, and incinerating downtown.

At the heart of this series are the survivors who share their most intimate stories of lost loved ones and the string of injustices they’ve faced since that summer night. Yet, the steps needed to prevent another...

Take a look at new images of actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the April 2023 issue of “S Moda’ magazine:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and "Maid" (2022).

Click the images to enlarge…...

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for Chanel’s 2023 “Coco Crush” fine jewellery collection:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

</... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019)...

... followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Click the images to enlarge...

After moving into television with the Berlinale preemed “Le temps des framboises,” the Quebecois filmmaker who moonlights between English and French language productions will adapt something that is home-based. Philippe Falardeau returns to features with what is a Montreal-based book adaptation of a 2021 novel by Alain Farah. Falardeau is set to adapt and direct Mille secrets mille dangers for what we imagine might be a 2023 shoot.

Micro_scope’s Luc Déry and Kim McCraw will once again team with Falardeau to produce as well as Farah and Le Quartanier. This becomes Falardeau’s ninth feature film — his last feature My Salinger Year (read review) was also selected for the Berlinale – as the fest’s opener.…...

Swiss filmmaker Lionel Baier has completed the third movement in his sweeping film tetralogy concerning Europe with “Continental Drift (South).” The film, which debuts at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, sees Baier shifting his focus southward to Sicily in 2020, just prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and deep within the European migrant crisis.

Isabelle Carré plays Nathalie Adler, who has been dispersed to a migrant camp in Catania, Sicily ahead of a visit from Macron and Merkel only to find her pugnacious son Albert, played by Canadian Théodore Pellerin working against her interests as an activist.

The film, which is produced by Bandita Films with Rts and Les Films du Losange handling sales, strikes a balance between political satire and heartfelt drama, as Nathalie and Albert push and pull, magnetic at the edges of their estrangement. Europe cleverly serves as both vibrant backdrop and catalytic metaphor as the pressure builds around parallel narratives.

Take a look at new images of actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of "AnOther" magazine, photographed by Collier Schorr:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Take a look at new images of actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of "AnOther" magazine, photographed by Collier Schorr:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Click the images to enlarge...

Since its launch in 2015, the Berlinale Series section has emerged as a kind of a boutique scripted TV fest set within a major film festival.

The Berlinale was famously the first A-list festival to embrace changing viewer habits and to officially incorporate television drama into its lineup — and this head-start is reflected in the growing stature of Berlinale Series.

Taking place over a concentrated three-day period (Feb. 14-16), Berlinale Series offers up seven world and international premieres from around 200 entries, giving each of them the red-carpet treatment at the Zoo Palast cinema.

Running parallel, the Berlinale Series Market — part of the European Film Market — offers up an online conference program, showcases and screenings. Its Berlinale Series Market Selects curates a selection of 14 series being traded on the market. Meanwhile, Co-Pro Series looks to pair 10 early-stage international series projects with co-producers and financiers through a series of pitches and meetings.

Head...

Margaret Qualley will exec produce and star in The End of Getting Lost, an Amazon Studios thriller from Mustang director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, which also has Paul Mescal in talks to co-star, Deadline has confirmed.

The film is based on a novel of the same name by Robin Kirman, which Simon & Schuster will publish on February 15. In this dark, cunning love tale set against 1990s Europe, we follow a young couple, Gina (Qualley) and Duncan (Mescal), on what Duncan claims is their honeymoon—but after Gina suffers a mysterious accident, we’re brought into a dizzying journey where we toggle between past and present, husband and wife, to uncover a portrait of love’s power, as well as its dangers. As the pair hop borders across Europe, their former lives threatening to catch up with them while the truth grows more elusive,...

Take another look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for "Harpers Bazaar" (Australia) magazine, photographed by Deirdre Lewis:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Click the images to enlarge...

Take another look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for "Harpers Bazaar" (Australia) magazine, photographed by Deirdre Lewis:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019)...

... followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Click the images to enlarge...

The New Zealand International Film Festival had to cancel the Auckland leg of its multi-city exhibition series, but will continue in Wellington and Christchurch and other regional stops with a diverse lineup that includes an impressive Asian selection.

Wellington will screen a total of 164 feature films from 51 countries over 18 days (Nov. 4-21) across its eight venues. Christchurch will screen 95 features from 37 countries.

International highlights include Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” Zhang Yimou’s “One Second,” and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Oscars contender Jasmila Zbanic’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?” Germany’s Oscar contender, Maria Schrader’s “I’m Your Man,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” and “My Salinger Year” also screen. So too does Jane Campion’s U.S.-set, New Zealand-made “The Power of the Dog.” The middle of the festival includes Cannes Palme D’or winner “Titane” and Paulo Sorrentino’s Venice grand...

Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver will star in “Master Gardener,” a new crime thriller from Paul Schrader, a master of the genre.

Schrader is on a bit of a hot streak after scoring an Oscar nod for his screenplay for “First Reformed.” Astoundingly that marked his first nomination despite penning some of the greatest movies ever made. His new drama, “The Card Counter,” debuts at the Venice Film Festival. He’s previously plumbed the dark depths of the soul in works like “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull.”

In Schrader’s next outing, Edgerton will star as the master gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. Weaver will co-star as his employer, a wealthy dowager, who demands that Edgerton’s character take on her wayward and troubled great-niece as a new apprentice. Chaos ensues…or so says the official longline.

“When the idea first started...

Roster includes Lantern’s Lane, Flee The Light.

Montreal-based WaZabi Films will launch sales on Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) world premiere selections Maria Chapdelaine from Sébastien Pilote and Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux Ivres).

Maria Chapdelaine will screen in Contemporary World Cinema and takes place in rural Quebec in the early 20th century where a teenage girl must choose one of three suitors. Pilote adapted the screenplay from Louis Hémon’s 1913 novel. WaZabi represents worldwide rights excluding Canada, where MK2|Mile End will distribute.

Pierre Even (War Witch) of Item 7 and Sylvain Proulx produced the film, which...

Keep track of when films are coming out in the territory.

Cinemas in the UK and Ireland are set to reopen this spring, following months of closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Screen is listing the release dates for films in the territory in the calendar below. For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here.

Indoor cinemas in England and Scotland will be allowed to reopen from May 17; with dates yet to be confirmed for Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Screen is also tracking reopening dates of cinemas in...

Previous selections include Crip Camp, Miss Juneteenth, Swallow, The Truffle Hunters.

Gotham Film & Media Institute has announced the announced its slate of 135 international and US features, series and audio projects for this year’s virtual event that runs September 19-24.

The meetings-driven forum says it is the only international co-production market in the US featuring stories for multiple platforms, and hosts scheduled artist and industry meetings dedicated to furthering the work and careers of independent artists.

Previous selections include Crip Camp, (pictured), Miss Juneteenth, Monos, Swallow, My Salinger Year, and The Truffle Hunters.

Gotham Week will also feature a roster of panels,...

Sony family favorite “Peter Rabbit 2” and Disney’s Oscar champion “Nomadland” topped the charts as the U.K. enjoyed its first full week of box office in months.

The vast majority of cinemas in the U.K. are now open. Some 80% of movie theaters across England, Scotland and Wales opened doors on May 17, with Northern Ireland due to reopen this week. However, cinemas in the Scottish city of Glasgow remain closed, as do all cinemas in the Republic of Ireland, a territory traditionally counted alongside the U.K. for box office collections.

“Peter Rabbit 2” and “Nomadland” led the charts on the first two days of reopening, and the films held their positions for the rest of the week.

“Peter Rabbit 2” collected £4,605,673, while “Nomadland” made £874,785 in second place, according to numbers provided by Comscore. In third place was Warner Bros.’ creature face-off epic “Godzilla vs Kong” with £783,879, while...

Takings were significantly up on the reopening in July 2020.

Rank Film (Distributor) Three-day gross (May 21-23) Total gross to date Week 1 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (Sony) £3.8m £4.6m 1 2 Nomadland (Disney) £496,375 £874,784 1 3 Godzilla Vs. Kong (Warner Bros) Tbc £1.2m 1 4 Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (Lionsgate) £478,682 £776,107 1 5 The Unholy (Sony) £250,391 £455,391 1

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UK box office results for the first weekend post-lockdown in 2021 were positive, as Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway topped the chart with a £3.8m weekend.

The Sony family adventure has taken £4.6m since its release on Monday May 17, at a location average of £9,285 – a hugely impressive figure...

“Schitt’s Creek” and “Blood Quantum” were the big winners in the television and film categories, respectively, at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards.

“Schitt’s Creek” led television honors with eight awards for it’s sixth and final season, including best comedy series; best direction, comedy for Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy; and the sixth win in a row for Catherine O’Hara as best lead actress in comedy. “Canada’s Drag Race” follows with five wins, including best reality/competition program or series.

Jeff Barnaby’s “Blood Quantum” topped film honors with seven Canadian Screen Awards, including Michael Greyeyes in the performance by an actor in a leading role category. Tracey Deer’s first feature “Beans” won best motion picture, while Deepa Mehta was awarded best achievement in direction for “Funny Boy.” Michelle Pfeiffer won actress in a leading role for “French Exit.”

Recently departed Canadian thespian Christopher Plummer was the recipient of best...

Some 80% of indoor cinemas across England, Scotland and Wales reopened on Monday (May 17) after months of being shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Judging by the first two days of box office collections, U.K. audiences are eagerly quenching their thirst for cinema.

Box office collections were £633,758 on Monday and £474,055 on Tuesday, totalling £1.1 million ($1.6 million).

As many as 14 films opened on Monday, though it was the modern take of the fuzzy-tailed children’s classic that dominated. Sony’s family-oriented title “Peter Rabbit 2” opened across 334 sites to collect a strong £393,841 over Monday and Tuesday, according to figures released by Comscore.

Disney’s Oscar champion “Nomadland,” already available to Disney Plus subscribers in the region from April 30, bowed in second place with £173,085 from 259 locations.

Warner Bros.’ creature face-off epic “Godzilla vs Kong” collected £164,726 from 296 sites in third place, while Lionsgate’s horror franchise addition, “Spiral: From The Book Of Saw,” took £144,317 from 198 locations in fourth place.

Adapted from Joanna Rakoff’s memoir, My Salinger Year (known as My New York Year in the UK) is a watchable little film that strolls along with a quiet literary charm. But what is it? It has neither the laughs of a comedy nor the emotional stakes of a drama, and it can hardly be called a biopic because who’s heard of Joanna Rakoff? Like The Artist’s Wife, that recent muse drama starring Bruce Dern and Lena Olin, My Salinger Year is a low stakes affair about the strain of creativity. This is a superior piece of work though; lighter, airier, easier on the eyes. It was shot entirely in Montreal, but you get a strong West Village vibe with its coffee shops and cobbled streets.

This is New York in the summer of 1995, but you’d hardly know it for Joanna (Margaret Qualley) has landed a job at Harold Ober Associates,...

Three executives discuss their plans with Screen.

Independent UK distributors are feeling positive heading into the reopening of cinemas across the territory from next week (May 17), while noting ongoing confusion about the theatrical windows across different exhibitors.

“For the next few weeks, we’re fully concentrated on the theatrical experience,” says Rupert Preston, CEO at Vertigo Releasing which is distributing Oscar winner Sound Of Metal from Monday. “Digital and everything else will follow in a month or two.”

Sound Of Metal, starring Riz Ahmed as a heavy metal drummer who suffers sudden onset deafness, will play in 300 cinemas by the end of May.

Telefilm Canada has launched Canada Now, a new portal devoted to highlighting Canadian content in the U.S. The site will add new titles each month to its portfolio, which ranges from recent films such as “My Salinger Year” and “Antigone” to Oscar nominees like “Barbarian Invasions” and “Monsieur Lazhar,” as well as some series.

The site, developed in collaboration with Telescope, features close to 5,000 productions available across more than 150 VOD platforms.

Canada Now’s monthly boutique curation will spotlight six different programming sections in addition to the searchable database of productions accessible within the U.S. Every month the site will feature a section on New Arrivals, Classic Films and a spotlight called Indigenous Voices.

For the month of May, it will focus on a celebration of Asian Canadians with films including Sandra Oh starring as a struggling single mother whose daughter decides that Taoist magic will make everything better,...

With her new film My New York Year released on 21 May, plus Ghostbusters: Afterlife and endless new Avatars in the offing, we sift through the career of Hollywood’s imperious, stylish powerhouse

William Friedkin directed this broad, knockabout comedy about arms dealing without much flair and it is really only a vehicle for that lost legend of 80s screen comedy, Chevy Chase. He is a small-time arms dealer and Sigourney Weaver plays the haughty and enraged widow of a corporate defence contractor, Wallace Shawn, blaming Chase for her husband’s untimely death in the fictional South American state of San Miguel, where both men had been touting for business. United by greed, and maybe a spark of something more, Weaver joins Chase on a mission to close the arms deal of the century. This doesn’t do justice to Weaver’s class and style.

Prano Bailey-Bond’s feature debut stars Bafta nominee Niamh Algar.

Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor from Protagonist Pictures and is planning a theatrical release when cinemas reopen.

The UK psychological horror received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it opened the Midnight section, and played in Panorama at the Berlinale last month. Vertigo is planning a theatrical-only release on July 2, when cinemas across the UK and Ireland are anticipated to have re-opened post-lockdown.

The film marks the feature debut of Bailey-Bond and stars Niamh Algar, known for her roles...

Theaters are beginning to open up on both coasts and the specialty box office life is starting to get some shine with each passing week. Things are slowly yet surely are gravitating to something a little more — dare I say — normal?

This weekend, the Stage 6 Films rom-com Long Weekend from director Steve Basilone played in 814 theaters. The pic starring Finn Wittrock and Zoë Chao debuted with an estimated $245K with a per-theater average of $300.

Other new theatrical releases this weekend included the IFC Films’ Come True. The sleep-study-gone-wrong sci-fi thriller from filmmaker Anthony Scott Burns and starring Julia Sarah Stone played in 96 theaters across the country to earn an estimated $27.5K with an average of $671.

The drama Dutch from Preston A. Whitmore II, also posted its box office numbers, debuting in 202 theaters and is projected to earn $135,618 with an average of $671.

As more theaters open, perhaps titles like Focus...

Canada-based actor Colm Feore, whose credits include Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” “My Salinger Year,” “The Amazing Spiderman 2” and multiple Oscar winner “Chicago,” is to star in post-apocalyptic Western “Six Guns for Hire,” which has just started principal photography in Toronto, Canada. The film also stars Maurice Dean Wint, Oyin Oladejo, and Patrick Kwok-Choon.

“Six Guns for Hire,” the third in a trilogy, is written and directed by Matt Campagna. It follows a vicious group of strangers who gather to divvy up the spoils of a train robbery, while an ace detective pursues hot on their trail. As the bandits realize they may not be strangers after all, the detective unearths a deadly conspiracy at the heart of their crime.

The three stories in the trilogy series, all developed and directed by Campagna, exist within the same post-apocalyptic world, without being traditional sequels or prequels to each other.

Melissa D’Agostino...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review, a perspective on “My Salinger Year,” a new release adaptation of the memoir of the same name by Joanna Rakoff. The Salinger is of course J.D. Salinger, the legendary author and recluse. In theaters and through VOD beginning March 5th, 2021.

Rating: 4.5/5.0

“My Salinger Year” is set in the 1995. The poet/writer Joanna Rakoff, portrayed by up-and comer Margaret Whalley, takes a chance and leaves her California life and boyfriend behind in a move to New York City, and finds admin work at an older and once prestigious literary agency. The office is run by a tough-but-benign head honcho (Sigourney Weaver), and one of agency’s main clients is none other than a 76-year-old J.D.“Jerry” Salinger, legendary author of “Catcher in the Rye.” Joanna’s adventures and misadventures through that literary filter changes her life profoundly.

“My Salinger Year” is...

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Nearly a year after closing its physical location, New York City’s IFC Center is preparing to finally reopen on Friday, March 5. The theater has announced a range of new safety measures along with new releases and several screening series. The arthouse venue first shut its doors on March 13, 2020 as early lockdown measures called for the closure of a variety of cultural institutions. In late February, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York City movie theaters had permission to reopen at 25 percent capacity and with a maximum of 50 people allowed per screen. Other areas of the state reopened months ago.

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It’s been more than a year since we were lucky enough to watch “My Salinger Year” at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival. And wow, things have changed in a year, huh? Well, while the entire world still deals with the global pandemic, IFC Films is preparing the long-awaited release of Philippe Falardeau’s new feature.

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With “My Salinger Year” arriving next week, we’re happy to give our readers an exclusive peek at a clip from the new film starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley.

Continue reading ‘My Salinger Year’ Exclusive Clip: Sigourney Weaver Sends Margaret Qualley To An Important Meeting In IFC’s New Film at The Playlist.

Philippe Falardeau directed the drama, starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley.

Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Philippe Falardeau’s My New York Year from Memento Films, and is the first title confirmed for release when indoor cinemas reopen in England post-lockdown.

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Vertigo is planning a saturation release for the drama, starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley,...

My Salinger Year Trailer — Philippe Falardeau‘s My Salinger Year (2020) movie trailer has been released by IFC Films. The My Salinger Year trailer stars Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seana Kerslake, Colm Feore, Bryan F. O’Byrne, Theodore Pellerin, Tim Post, Hamza Haq, Leni Parker, Ellen David, Gavin Drea, Matt Holland, and Yanic [...]

Continue reading: My Salinger Year Trailer: Margaret Qualley begins Responding to J. D. Salinger’s Fan mail in IFC Films’ 2020 Movie...

Take a look at new footage from the dramatic feature, "My Salinger Year" written, directed by Philippe Falardeau, starring Margaret Qualley ("Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood") , Sigourney Weaver ("Alien"), Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake, Colm Feore and Brían F. O'Byrne, releasing in select theaters and VOD March 5th, 2021 :

"...in 1995, 'Joanna', an aspiring writer and poet, leaves Berkeley, California and her boyfriend 'Karl' to move to New York City...

"...and take a job at a literary agency...

"...run by a shrew, representing "Catcher In The Rye" author J.D. Salinger..." 

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Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver star in the new trailer for My Salinger Year, out March 5th.

Based on the 2014 memoir of the same name, Qualley stars as Joanna Rakoff, who leaves graduate school and moves to New York City to become a writer. She gets hired as an assistant at a literary agency, where she reports to Margaret, played by Weaver. (Weaver’s character is a demanding boss, but not nearly as terrible as her character in 1988’s Working Girl.)

It’s the Nineties, but the office is old-fashioned...

"You keep saying you want to write - but you work long hours for other authors." IFC Films has unveiled a new official trailer for the US release of My Salinger Year, a quirky new literary drama from Quebecois filmmaker Philippe Falardeau. This premiered at last year's Berlin Film Festival and is now opening in March. Based on the international best-selling novel, My Salinger Year follows Joanna a young aspiring writer who lands a job at J.D. Salinger's literary agency in New York City. She is assigned the tedious task of responding to the piles of fan mail that Salinger receives. Starring Margaret Qualley as Joanna, Sigourney Weaver as her boss, and a small cast including Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake, Brían F. O'Byrne, Théodore Pellerin, Yanic Truesdale, Hamza Haq, and Colm Feore. It's a solid film about the relentless passion of writers. Here's the second trailer (+ ...

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