Tuesday, November 30, 2010
GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARD WINNERS AND NOMINATIONS
Nominees & Winners
The 20th Anniversary
Gotham Independent Film Awards
Director Darren Aronofsky, actors Hilary Swank and Robert Duvall, and Focus Features CEO James Schamus were not only nominated, they've already won honorary awards!
The (other) winners will be announced Monday, November 29th at Cipriani Wall Street. UPDATED AND REPUBLISHED TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30 WITH THE WINNERS MARKED IN BOLD DARK RED!
The ceremony will be hosted by Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson.
I've indicated with an arrow ==> some films that I think are especially interesting, and may even win!
BEST FEATURE
==>Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky, director; Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Blue Valentine
Derek Cianfrance, director; Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, producers (The Weinstein Company)
The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko, director; Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann, producers (Focus Features)
Let Me In
Matt Reeves, director; Simon Oakes, Alex Brunner, Guy East, Tobin Armbrust, Donna Gigliotti, John Nording, Carl Molinder, producers (Overture Films)
==>Winter’s Bone
Debra Granik, director; Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, producers (Roadside Attractions)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
12th & Delaware
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, directors/producers (HBO Documentary Films)
==>Inside Job
Charles Ferguson, director; Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Oath
Laura Poitras, director/producer (Zeitgeist Films and American Documentary/POV)
Public Speaking
Martin Scorsese, director; Martin Scorsese, Graydon Carter, Margaret Bodde, Fran Lebowitz, producers (HBO Documentary Films)
Sweetgrass
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, directors; Ilisa Barbash, producer (Cinema Guild)
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The Kids Are All Right
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson (Focus Features)
Life During Wartime
Shirley Henderson, Ciarán Hinds, Allison Janney, Michael Lerner, Chris Marquette, Rich Pecci, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Reubens, Ally Sheedy, Dylan Riley Snyder, Renée Taylor, Michael Kenneth Williams (IFC Films)
Please Give
Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Ann Guilbert, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele, Thomas Ian Nicholas (Sony Pictures Classics)
==>Tiny Furniture
Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Rachel Howe, Merritt Wever, Amy Seimetz, Alex Karpovsky, David Call, Jemima Kirke, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Garland Hunter, Isen Hunter (IFC Films)
==>Winter’s Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Lauren Sweetser, Garret Dillahunt, Kevin Breznahan (Roadside Attractions)
BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
John Wells for The Company Men (The Weinstein Company)
Kevin Asch for Holy Rollers (First Independent Pictures)
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa for I Love You Phillip Morris (Roadside Attractions)
Tanya Hamilton for Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)
==>Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture (IFC Films)
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
Prince Adu in Prince of Broadway (Elephant Eye Films)
Ronald Bronstein in Daddy Longlegs (IFC Films)
Greta Gerwig in Greenberg (Focus Features)
==>Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions)
John Ortiz in Jack Goes Boating (Overture Films)
BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU
Kati with an i
Robert Greene, director; Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, producers
Littlerock
Mike Ott, director; Frederick Thornton, Laura Ragsdale, Sierra Leoni, producers
==>On Coal River
Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood, directors; Jillian Elizabeth, Adams Wood, Francine Cavanaugh, producers
Summer Pasture
Lynn True and Nelson Walker, directors/producers; Tsering Perlo, co-director/co-producer
The Wolf Knife
Laurel Nakadate, director/producer
FESTIVAL GENIUS AUDIENCE AWARD: Waiting For Superman
IFC HOME PAGE: http://www.ifc.com/
Labels: Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, Debra Granik, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Hillary Swank, IFC, Jennifer Lawrence, Lena Dunham, Robert Duvall, Stanley Tucci, Winter's Bone
Thursday, November 04, 2010
HIFF 2010 WITH PARTY PIX & RED CARPET SNAPSHOTS!
At the Chairman's Party
Hamptons International Film Festival 2010
And he was live (on 10/14) on 30 Rock, as well.
30 Rock Live was hilarious (10/14 8:30 NY time). I gather they did it again, live, for the West Coast -- That was Thursday, October 14, whatever time they do it live in California. (Hope you watched it!)
Alec Baldwin seems ubiquitous at HIFF... so he's at the top of this guide to stories about HIFF 2010. We'll be adding to this directory of articles as we process the photos and write the stories...
Here's some of what's still coming:
Interviews with Jane Goodall and others...Notes on films, including...=>Barney's Version
=>The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
=>The Debt
=>Sweet Evil
Follow http://www.qporit.com/
Or check this page... http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/hiff-2010.html
For more stories about HIFF 2010 as they appear...
(For next year...) HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR FILM AT HIFF!http://qporit.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-promote-your-film-at-hiff-and.html
KISSES, CHLOE with ROBIN SINGER and MIKAL EVANShttp://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/kisses-chloe-with-robin-singer-mikal.html
ON THE PATH and ZRINKA CVITESIC
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/on-path-zrinka-cvitesic.html
Tweet... MIKAL EVANS from KISSES, CHLOE in concert Friday October 15 (Again, Nov 11!)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/mikal-evans-from-kisses-chloe-in.html
HIFF 2010 - PRIZE WINNERShttp://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/prize-winners-at-hiff-2010.html
HIFF 2010 - THE SLOAN FOUNDATION AT HIFF 2010 (& BEYOND...)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/sloan-foundation-at-hiff-2010-beyond.html
HIFF 2010 - BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMERShttp://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/breakthrough-performers.html
HIFF 2010 - FIRST PREVIEW: THE 2010 HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/09/first-preview-2010-hamptons.html
HIFF 2010 - PREVIEW: FILMS & EVENTS COMING TO THE HAMPTONS http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/09/hiff-2010-preview-films-events-coming.html
For links to stories about HIFF in prior years, please take a look at:
The QPORIT INDEX to stories about HIFF
READY TO PARTY!
Photo by Eric Roffman
Director, MIRAL
On The Red Carpet
Photo by Eric Roffman
JANE'S JOURNEY
Photo by Eric Roffman
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Andrea attended HIFF last year working on her film TO TIMBUKTU about singer Vieux Farka Touré of Mali. Since then she travelled to the World Cup Celebration for his performance. Nikhil helped her with cinematography. Nikhil was also a co-producer of FURTHER LANE, the short that played together with KISSES, CHLOE.
www.totimbuktu.com
KING OF THE HAMPTONS
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
KING OF THE HAMPTONS
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
KING OF THE HAMPTONS was the first film and then also the last film shown at HIFF this year. Dan Rattiner, who started publishing Dan's Papers in the Hamptons while still in college, introduces Dennis to the Hamptons.
BEAUTIFUL DARLING
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Jeremiah Newton was a close friend of Candy Darling and helped produce this documentary about her short life. Jeremiah has also been working with HIFF for many years on developing the student film program.
CANARY
Photo by Eric Roffman
Visiting from the UK, Iona is the producer of the short film, CANARY.
BENEATH HILL 60
Photo by Eric Roffman
David is the author of the screenplay for BENEATH HILL 60, the Sloan Prize winning film.
For more about the Sloan Foundation activities at HIFF:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/sloan-foundation-at-hiff-2010-beyond.html
COOL IT!
Photo by Eric Roffman
Ondi is the director of COOL IT! a documentary that takes a look at economic approaches to issues concerning global warming.
LOVE, ETC.
Photo by Eric Roffman
Jill is the charming and charismatic director of the Audience Award Documentary LOVE, ETC which follows a handful of couples through some critical periods of their love lives. Filmed with great sophistication and insight, the stories evolve and diverge in unexpected ways.
LOVE, ETC.
Photo by Eric Roffman
Observing the diversity of couples around them when they were married provided the impetus for Jonathan to produce this (bittersweet) chronicle of love stories. (If the name sounds familiar, Jonathan's day job is CEO of Loews. His uncle, Larry, was CEO of CBS.)
Jonathan Tisch in WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tisch
Weinstein Company
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman
The Plaza Media Arts Center
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
THE PLAZA MEDIA ARTS CENTER: http://www.plazamac.org/
Ovasen Post Production
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Grumman Studios
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Believe it or not, Salt (Angelina Jolie) was not at CIA headquarters and elsewhere in the world making SALT. She was (conspiracy theorists claim) actually at Grumman Studios.
http://www.grummanstudios.com/
Press At the Red Carpet
Photo by Eric Roffman
On the Red Carpet for THE DEBT
Photo by Eric Roffman
Though this videographer and his on-camera partner interviewing Jessica Chastain on the Red Carpet for THE DEBT may have been among the youngest working press, as far as I could see and hear, they were doing a top notch job.
MIRAL
Photo by Eric Roffman
Rula, the screenwriter (and author of the source novel) for MIRAL had the best line of the festival. A reporter (for a major magazine, though arguably less professional than the previous interviewer) asked Freida what she was wearing. Rula replied: "She's wearing me."
Photo by Eric Roffman
At the LOVE, ETC. Premiere Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Photo by Eric Roffman
The FRANK PR team did a great job at the festival. Left to right: Tiffany Malloy, Lina Plath, Kerry McAleer, Dana Morini, Clare Anne Darragh.
European Film Promotion (Shooting Stars)
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman
http://www.efp-online.com/en/about_efp/index.php
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman
Stanley Tucci (first name only just seems wrong, here) was very friendly and approachable. Seems quite different from the characters he's played recently... OMG, he was acting.
Stanley (well, it still seems wrong but I'll do it anyway) directed LEND ME A TENOR last year on Broadway. He's currently developing MOMMY AND ME with Meryl Streep (Mommy) and Tina Fey (Me), which he is planning to direct. It will be the fifth film he has directed, the last being BLIND DATE in 2008.
Happy Birthday, Stanley! (He turns 50 on November 11.)
QPORIT on LEND ME A TENOR:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/04/lend-me-tenor.html
KISSES, CHLOE
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Striking new talents, actress Robin Singer and actress/singer/songwriter Mikal Evans starred in the provocative sell-out indie feature KISSES, CHLOE. Robin will soon be seen in two comic web series, and Mikal performs solo and with her band frequently in New York. Her next show will be with the full band, November 11th, 9pm @RockwoodMusicHall. (Perhaps she'll sing Happy Birthday for Stanley Tucci? -- See previous item.)
QPORIT on KISSES, CHLOE:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/kisses-chloe-with-robin-singer-mikal.html
BAD FAMILY
Photo by Eric Roffman
A Shooting Star / Breakthrough Performer this year, Vihla co-starred last year in TEARS OF APRIL with the 2009 Breakthrough Performer Samuli Vauramo. (Samuli can be seen currently in George Clooney's THE AMERICAN)
CHERRY; also THE FAMILY TREE
Photo by Eric Roffman
A Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer, Britt can be seen in two films this year that were screened at HIFF. She often plays tough teenagers (she's actually just a bit past her teens). She can be seen currently on TV in LIFE UNEXPECTED.
MIRAL
Photo by Eric Roffman
A Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer, Freida was the object of desire in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
SWEET EVIL
Photo by Eric Roffman
A Shooting Star / Breakthrough Performer, Anais is soon to be seen in a series (8 films in 2010 !!!! !!!!) of important French Films with some of France and Europe's biggest stars and most important directors. Watch for: SPONSORING with Juliette Binoche, FRACTURE, ELSEWHERE, BELLE EPINE with Lea Seydoux, and more!
ON THE PATH
Shooting Star / Breakthrough Performer
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman
QPORIT on ZRINKA CVITESIC and ON THE PATH:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/on-path-zrinka-cvitesic.html
THE DEBT
Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer
Photo by Eric Roffman
(I just realized that I once saw Jessica before, onstage. Jessica played Desdemona in the LAByrinth Theater / Peter Sellars production of OTHELLO: http://qporit.blogspot.com/2009/09/othello.html)
Jessica waves goodbye, after the Breakthrough Performers' Panel!
For more about the Breakthrough Performer Program:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/breakthrough-performers.html
for links to other stories about the Hamptons International Film Festival!
QPORIT HOME
www.qporit.com LOVE'S FINE WIT -- Shakespeare's sonnets selected and rearranged to dramatize the story of an intense love triangle, with Elizabethan music.
One night only: April 23 2011 6:00
At the Cornelia Street Cafe - 29 Cornelia Street NY 212 989-9319.
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Labels: Alec Baldwin, Breakthrough Performers, Freida Pinto, Hamptons International Film Festival, HIFF, Julian Schnabel, KISSES CHLOE, Love Etc, Stanley Tucci
Saturday, April 03, 2010
LEND ME A TENOR
Funny!
Very very funny!
Brilliantly directing, finding the joke in almost every line (sometimes more than one to a line) and laughs in many places without any lines at all, Stanley Tucci guides Lend Me A Tenor, an excellently written, wonderfully acted comedy, in a new revival on Broadway.
Setup: A world famous Italian opera singer (a role that feels almost as if it were written for Paul Sorvino) comes to Cleveland to guest star at a major operatic benefit. He's late. He has overeaten. He is a womanizer. His (jealous) wife is with him. He's not prepared to sing. The Opera Manager's Assistant (intern as he'd be called in CL), a geek with no visible charisma or experience, and of course in love with the Manager's Daughter, is the only one who might sing the opera if the Tenor can not go on. Funny lines, plus slapstick and multiple-ladies-behind-swinging-doors farce.
Written by Ken Ludwig, the play, set in 1934, was first produced in 1986. Now it's at the Music Box, one of the nicest theaters on Broadway.
Tony Shalhoub as the General Manager, and Anthony LaPaglia as the Tenor are both excellent in verbal and physical comedy. Jennifer Laura Thompson as a Singer/Diva is most desirable, and Jan Maxwell as the Tenor's Wife is very funny. But the standout star is Justin Bartha (best known as the future groom in The Hangover), making his Broadway debut! As the Assistant, Bartha transitions back and forth from geek to opera star, totally real and hilarious as both.It's very funny (did I say that?) and great fun!
Labels: Anthony LaPaglia, Jan Maxwell, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Justin Bartha, Ken Ludwig, Lend Me A Tenor, Music Box Theater, Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub
