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In her feature directorial debut, Bonus Track, Julia Jackman has created an immensely charming romance. With help from a script co-written by Michael Gilbert and Josh O'Connor that is equal parts silly and sweet, the end result seems impossible to dislike. The central pair are George and Max, played by Joe Anders and Samuel Small, two 16-year-old boys living in small-town England. George is far from academically gifted, but his aspirations lie in the music industry. So, when Max — the son of a famous musician — arrives at his school, the two join forces to prepare a song for the end-of-year talent show.

The drama is relatively low stakes: Max having a famous father makes him the topic of tabloid speculation and George's parents are going through a tumultuous time in their relationship. However, those plot threads could really be anything, as they just work in service of the central romance.

In many ways, the Game of Thrones cast is the reason that the show was so successful. It was filled with stars, who were never afraid to be killed off or overlooked in their ensemble parts. Sean Bean (Ned Stark), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), and Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) were among the numerous brilliant actors attached to the show. Even the child actors were perfect for their roles.

Yet, while the actors and characters were prominent parts of the show's success, some characters should have been cut outright. Some were kept due to connections to George R. R. Martin's books, and others were new additions, but all of these unnecessary characters should never have appeared in Game of Thrones.

Bronn Overstayed His Welcome

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Actor

First Appearance

Bronn

Jerome Flynn

Season 1, Episode 4, "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things"

When he first appeared, Bronn was a charming mercenary who added some...

The next project for one of the stars of 2024's spiciest movie yet just got a juicy new update. A new report from Variety revealed that Bonus Track, the queer teen romance starring Joe Anders, Samuel Paul Small, Susan Wokoma, and Ellie Kendrick will be released both theatrically and digitally in October later this year. The film comes from Challengers star Josh O'Connor, who serves as a scribe on the project, with Julia Jackman making her directorial debut. Jackman has previously worked on a series of shorts, but this will be her first time stepping into the spotlight to direct a project of this magnitude.

The Girls on the Bus is a political comedy-drama series created by Amy Chozick and Julie Plec. Inspired by Chozick’s 2018 memoir Chasing Hillary, the Max series follows the story of 4 journalists on different sides of political isles as they follow a parade of flawed presidential candidates while bonding with each other. The Girls on the Bus stars Melissa Benoist, Carla Gugino, Christina Elmore, and Natasha Behnam in the lead roles with Brandon Scott, Griffin Dunne, Hettienne Park, Mark Consuelos, Scott Cohen, Kyle Vincent Terry, and P.J. Sosko starring in supporting roles. If you loved all the political satire and friendships in The Girls on the Bus here are some similar shows you could watch next.

Veep (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – HBO

Veep is a political satire and dark comedy series created by Armando Iannucci. The HBO series follows the political career of Selina Meyer as she goes from...

Game of Thrones introduces many memorable characters as it creates an expansive world. Both the heroes and villains are captivating as they compete for the Iron Throne and confront the forces threatening the world. Everyone from Jon Snow (Kit Harington) to Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) is impossible to forget. But this is not exclusive to the show's leads. Even minor characters make an impact, like Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal), who comes into the story later and dies prematurely. In the chaos, some promising characters don't get many opportunities. This is the case for Meera Reed (Ellie Kendrick). Though Meera is shown from her first scene to be a capable woman and spends most of the story accomplishing an integral task, she fades from importance before the show ends, with no good explanation. Most characters have an ending in the form of a dramatic death, a rise to power, or just...

Unlike regular protagonists with many developments throughout the eight seasons, some minor character arcs in Game of Thrones are temporary and less explored. Still, their stories are able to fuel the narrative and serve a bigger purpose. Meera and Osha are both Bran Stark's protectors after he escapes Winterfell, for example.

There are several characters like them that are fan favorites, even though they appear in less than twenty episodes. The best short-lived characters are the ones with the most compelling and meaningful stories. With brief yet impactful appearances, their actions lead to long-lasting consequences. Their well-written personas make fans either love or hate them, but they're unforgettable either way.

Arya's Water Dance Tutor Syrio Forel Saves Her From Maryn Trant Close

Actor

Miltos Yerolemou

Appears In

3 Episodes

First Seen In

Season 1, Episode 3, "Lord Snow"

Last Seen In

Season 1, Episode 8, "The Pointy End"

Syrio Forel plays a key role in Arya's storyline,...

Happy New Year! 2023 has been a strange one at times, and while not the worst year in recent memory, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t ready to turn the calendar page and start something new. But that being said, there were a number of things over the course of this year that made it not only tolerable, but downright fun at times. I will always turn to art and media in stressful times, and 2023 gave me a great mixture of new films, exciting series and other projects that I found to be entertaining, enlightening, or even heart-touching.

M3GAN

2023 started off with a banger in the form of a sentient monster doll by the name of M3GAN. I haven’t had this much fun in a theater since 2021’s Malignant, which was also written by the great Akela Cooper. I had so much fun with this one.

It’s the final month of 2023, and Hulu is just saying goodbye not just to the year but also to dozens of its top film titles. This December, the streamer will lose multiple franchise collections, including “Men in Black,” “The Matrix,” the “Bourne” collection.

At the end of the month, Hulu is wasting no time and will also clear out many of the titles in its holiday collection, meaning Dec. 31 will be your last opportunity to watch favorites such as “The Muppet Christmas Carol,” “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation,” and “The Polar Express” on the streamer.

Bid farewell to 2023 by watching The Streamable’s Top 5 picks for what’s leaving the streamer this month, and check out the full list to make sure you catch your favorites one last time before they leave!

30-Day Free Trial $7.99+ / month hulu.com What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Leaving Hulu in December 2023? “An Education” | Sunday,...

Many of the best horror films of 2023 went unnoticed due to the dominance of popular franchises and the overwhelming release of Hollywood films. Independent and foreign horror films pushed the artistic boundaries of the genre, blending social issues, stunning visuals, and exciting gore sequences. Films like Huesera: The Bone Woman, Attachment, and The Wrath of Becky showcase unique storytelling techniques, intelligent commentary, intense action, and memorable lead performances.

With so many excellent horror films having come out in 2023, from the continuation or reboot of popular franchises to unique independent horrors, it is easy to miss some of the year's best. While Scream VI and creepy AI doll movie M3GAN found success with audiences and critics alike, many of the year's best horror quietly entered and exited their limited theater runs without much fanfare. Meanwhile, some of these inventive new horror films found themselves dropped on streaming services, only to be...

Exclusive: Gabriel Bier Gislason, the rising genre filmmaker whose feature directorial debut Attachment world premiered to critical acclaim at last year’s Tribeca Festival, has signed with Curate for management.

The Danish-American creative’s horror romance tells the story of Maja (Josephine Park), a Danish has-been actress who falls in love with Leah (Ellie Kendrick), a Jewish academic from London. When Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London, Maja meets her paramour’s mother, Chana (Sofie Gråbøl), a woman who holds dark secrets.

A festival favorite that went on to screen in competition at Fantastic Fest, Sitges, Outfest, and the BFI London Film Festival, among other venues, Attachment debuted on Shudder last month after being snapped up out of Tribeca.

The Copenhagen-born Gislason earned his Mfa at NYU and splits his time between NYC and Denmark, where he is concurrently developing a TV series for...

Bonafide Films, the award-winning production company behind “Mood” and “The Last Post,” has revealed a development and distribution deal with BBC Studios.

As part of the agreement, BBC Studios will invest in Bonafide’s development slate, and will also have first look agreement on distribution rights for all projects.

“Mood,” Nicôle Lecky’s BAFTA and Rts-winning TV adaptation of her acclaimed play, “Superhoe” was a co-commission from BBC and AMC and BBC Studios brokered the co-production deal for Bonafide with AMC and also secured sales to 12 territories internationally. “The Last Post” is by screenwriter Peter Moffatt (“Your Honor”).

In addition to their relationship with Moffatt and Lecky, Bonafide is currently developing projects with Peter Straughan (“Wolf Hall”), Sarah Gavron (“Rocks”), Veronica Gleeson (“Below”), Miranda Bowen (“Killing Eve”), Pete Jackson (“Somewhere Boy”) and Meadhbh McHugh (“Conversations with Friends”). The outfit is also working with emerging talent such as Sharma Walfall, Nas Saraei,...

Jewish horror certainly isn’t new. ‘The Dybbuk,’ a play by S. Ansky about the Jewish folkloric demon, was first performed in 1920. Since, there have been many stories of the mythological nightmare, from stage to screen and otherwise. The dybbuk is named for the word “to cleave” or “to cling,” referencing the demon’s way of latching onto a living body. It’s a soul of a dead person that takes up a living host, possessing them until it is able to accomplish its goal.

Unlike Christian demons we’re used to seeing in films, dybbuks aren’t cohorts of the devil, but souls of the dead who are unable or unwilling to move on due to unfinished business. Movies like The Unborn (2009), The Possession (2012), and Ezra (2017) used the dybbuk, but each fell into a common trap. We won’t spend time tackling the 2003 created “dybbuk box,” but suffice it...

Director Gabriel Bier Gislason deftly combines dry Jewish humour with horror to create a surprisingly compelling and emotionally complex date-night thriller

For a horror film about the terror of demonic possession, Gabriel Bier Gislason’s feature-film debut is unexpectedly charming. Having fallen in love after an adorable meet-cute, Danish has-been performer Maja (Josephine Park) impulsively moves in with Jewish academic Leah (Ellie Kendrick), who suffers from a mysterious injury. Their romance is watched over by Leah’s ultra-Orthodox mother, Chana (The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl), who fusses over Leah’s every need with an insistence that borders on possessiveness.

The awkward interactions that spring out of this clash between an overbearing parent and a gentile outsider are portrayed with that entertaining dry humour of classic Jewish comedy, yet there are also darker forces at play. As Maja bumbles through a series of cultural faux-pas – imagine frying bacon for your Jewish hookup!

Mileage may vary on the way “Attachment” uses an already too frequently maligned religion as a foundation for supernatural scares, but that’s also kind of the point of writer-director Gabriel Bier Gislason’s feature debut: With this possession story set in an Orthodox Jewish household, the Danish helmer disorients what may be a good portion of his audience by thrusting them into an unfamiliar belief system and asks if it’s them or those performing its rituals who are strange or misguided. Led by Josephine Park as a woman navigating a new relationship in the shadow of her lover’s seemingly disapproving mother, the film mines romantic, familial and religious discord while swapping out the usual Christian boogeymen for less common Jewish ones.

Park plays Maja, a former actor now staging readings to children in character as the Christmas elf she played on television. After a meet-cute collision in...

Ellie Kendrick in Attachment Photo: Soeren Kirkegaard

Now screening on Shudder, Attachment is one of the most successful of the various films shot under lockdown conditions. It’s set almost entirely within the confines of one house, with a small but high quality cast: rising Danish star Josephine Park as heroine Maja, Game Of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick as her girlfriend, Leah, and The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl as Leah’s deeply troubled mother, Chana. The two young women have recently fallen in love and relocated to London, but Chana takes the clichés of the Jewish mother to a new extreme in her efforts to control her daughter’s life – and all for a reason which won’t become clear until it may already be too late. When I met writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason yesterday, I asked him if the project began with an interest in the London Hasidic community,...

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.

All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen)

Move over, Sandra Bullock—there’s a new Bird Box in town. The only film to have collected prizes at both Sundance and Cannes, Shaunak Sen’s taut, tender documentary has a healing power that’s sourced straight from its subjects: two brothers in Delhi who have devoted their lives to saving the Black Kite—a majestic, medium-sized, hypercarnivorous raptor of the air—from going extinct in Delhi’s fatally-polluted skies. Set to the backdrop of India’s rising social turmoil and Islamophobia, the threatened and neglected state of this bird reflects the brothers’ reality in a place that doesn’t fully recognize their humanity. But that doesn’t stop them from operating. It seems nothing can.

We were treated to four brand new horror movies this past Tuesday, and today brings another two as we head towards the weekend. One is playing in theaters, the other available at home.

Here are the two new horror movies released on Thursday, February 9, 2023.

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Robbie Banfitch‘s nightmare found footage movie The Outwaters opened in limited theaters today from Cinedigm, Bloody Disgusting, and Screambox.

Beginning its theatrical run in 100+ theaters, tickets for The Outwaters can be found over at Fandango or on the official website.

The film plays out over three memory cards found in a sun-drenched section of the Mojave Desert. The footage within is that of a foursome, who set out to make a music video while camping, led by a charismatic LA filmmaker. Their trip starts out uneventful, though their peace is occasionally disrupted by unexplained sounds,...

Josephine Park as Maja, David Dencik as Lev the bookseller, and Sofie Grabol as Leah’s mom, Chana, in Attachment. Photo credit: Soeren Kirkegaard. Courtesy of Shudder

Attachment is a strange little Danish indie drama that keeps viewers off-balance in several respects for a psychological, and possibly supernatural, suspense tale. It opens with Maja (Josephine Park) and Leah (Ellie Kendrick) having the sort of meet-cute at a Danish bookstore that usually kicks off a rom-com. Maja is a local actress whose career highs may already be behind her. Leah is a student from England who was raised in a Hassidic community. She came to Copenhagen to connect with her mother’s Danish roots. Chemistry kicks in quickly, and the two young women become lovers.

When a leg injury puts Leah on crutches, she stays there a few days longer than planned. That’s enough time for Maja to become so...

Maja (Josephine Park) has not had much success as an actress, being best know as a storytelling elf from an old television series for children. But this did give her the opportunity for a meet-cute with the somewhat younger Leah, who is doing some reseach in Denmark on Jewish folklore. After an bad injury sustained during a seizure, Leah must return home to London, and Maja, who has already formed a strong connection to the young woman, joins her. That means entering into Leah's orthodox Jewish community, and effectively sharing a household with Leah's overbearing and overprotective mother, Chara (Sophie Gråbøl). While this description might sound like the opening of a romantic comedy, Attachment is far from it. Rather, Gabriel...

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Maja (Josephine Park) is living on her own and working as a storyteller and children’s entertainer. Leah(Ellie Kendrick) is visiting Denmark when they meet, also doing her own thing, far from the controlling influence of her mother and London’s tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community. The attachment between them develops easily, organically, with laughter and excitement and carefree passion, quickly becoming more than either of them expected or intended. When Leah suffers a seizure, however, she feels the pull of home and her familiar support network. Maja agrees to accompany her.

Released in the UK not long after Oliver Park’s The Offering, this is another tale of a Gentile woman striving to fit into a Jewish family and finding herself in trouble because she’s unfamiliar with its occult tradition, but where the father in that case was welcoming, Leah’s mother is not. The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl...

Directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason Starring Josephine Park (Baby Fever), Ellie Kendrick (Game of Thrones), Sofie Gråbøl (The Killing), and David Dencik (No Time To Die) *Streaming Exclusively On Shudder* February 9th, 2023 Shudder invites you to screen Attachment, the feature debut from Denmark-based writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason, a horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore. …

The post Critically Acclaimed Shudder Original | Queer Jewish Folk-Horror Romance appeared first on Horror News | Hnn.

Love is in the air this February, particularly regarding horror. The month is packed with theatrical darlings finding new homes on streaming, brand-new originals, and unearthed deep cuts. February has everything from polarizing indie darlings to sleeper hits and beyond.

Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in February 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.

The Loved Ones – Paramount+

What’s February without horror romances? This brutal feature introduces Lola, who wants to be a princess and find Prince Charming. She decides that Brent is the one and invites him to the school dance. When he rejects her offer, and she sees him with another girl, Lola decides she’ll get what she wants. Lola doesn’t take rejection lightly, and things get downright brutal. The truth is that maybe no one will love her as much as daddy,...

Shudder invites you to screen Attachment, the feature debut from Denmark-based writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason, a horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress falls in love with Leah, an academic from London. After Leah suffers from a mysterious seizure Maja …

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Tribeca premiere ‘A Matter Of Trust’ is among those to land deals.

TrustNordisk has had a busy AFM closing a batch of deals on a trio of its festival hit titles of 2022.

Annette K. Olesen’s Danish drama A Matter Of Trust, which premiered at Tribeca and this week plays at the Nordic Film Days in Lubeck, has sold to Australia (Palace Films), Benelux (September) and Estonia (Estin). The story follows five unrelated people whose lives are turned upside down. The cast includes Trine Dyrholm (Queen Of Hearts) and Jakob Cedergren (The Guilty).

Another Tribeca selection, Gabriel Bier Gislason’s horror romance Attachment,...

Jack Davenport, Alison Sudol, Susan Wokoma, Ray Panthaki and Josh O’Connor among cast.

Production is underway in York on Julia Jackman’s debut feature Bonus Track, a Sky-backed film for which Bankside Films has acquired world sales rights.

Jack Davenport, Alison Sudol, Susan Wokoma, Ray Panthaki and Josh O’Connor are on the cast, alongside newcomers Joe Anders and Samuel Small in the lead roles.

It is based on an original story by O’Connor and Michael Gilbert, with a debut screenplay from Gilbert; O’Connor is also taking on his first production role as an executive producer on the film.

Hello, dear readers! While the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up a few weeks ago now, I have two final reviews from the fest that I wanted to share before we move onto other fests and events this summer. Here are my thoughts on Attachment from Gabriel Bier Gislason and Kyra Sedwick’s Space Oddity, which isn’t technically a genre film but I wanted to check it out all the same.

Enjoy!

Attachment: For writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason’s Attachment, a meet-cute between two women yearning for some kind of connectivity in life takes a sinister turn once it is revealed that a dangerous demonic force threatens to destroy not only their relationship but their very lives as well. Attachment is a confidently crafted debut feature from Gislason that thoughtfully examines Jewish folklore in ways I haven’t seen before (it would pair well with The Vigil) and it...

Attachment Review — Attachment (2022) Film Review from the 21st Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason, starring Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl, and David Dencik. Despite a hefty portion of it being in English, the entirety of Attachment ­– the feature debut [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Attachment: Danish Family Drama Finds the Horror in What’s Left Unsaid [Tribeca 2022]...

Leah’s (Ellie Kendrick) reasons for being in Denmark are purely academic. At least, that’s what she tells former actress Maja (Josephine Park) upon meeting by accident at a bookshop. It’s a cutely fateful collision, the former with a stack of research and the latter dressed as an elf while running to an engagement to read to a bunch of school children. Maja’s haste causes a mix-up in their attempt to pick everything up, ensuring they must come together once more in calmer circumstances. A mug of tea and conversation later has Leah waking up in the Dane’s bed, a day away from catching her flight back to London. Her decision to stay might not reveal this trip was also a chance for escape. Ignoring her mother’s calls does.

Writer-director Gabriel Bier Gislason will show us as his feature debut Attachment progresses a couple more days.

Tribeca Film Festival 2022 - Midnight Selections: The Tribeca Film Festival 2022's Midnight selections have been announced and include a screening of The Black Phone, along with the world premiere of Travis Stevens' A Wounded Fawn:

"Attachment (Natten Har Øjne), (Denmark) – Feature Narrative, International Premiere. Maja and Leah’s new relationship is interrupted when mysterious things start happening in their London flat. It seems that Leah’s disapproving mother, who lives downstairs, is using Jewish folklore to come between them. In Danish and English with English subtitles. Directed and written by Gabriel Bier Gislason. Produced by Thomas Heinesen. With Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik. A Shudder release.

The Black Phone, (United States) – Feature Narrative, New York Premiere. Locked in a soundproof basement by a masked child killer, a teenage boy finds the possibility of hope through an unexpected and supernatural lifeline: a telephone on which he receives...

Shudder Acquires Horror Romance Attachment From Trustnordisk: "Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired the horror romance Attachment by Gabriel Bier Gislason. The film will stream exclusively on Shudder in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Attachment is a horror romance about love at first sight, steeped in Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short – and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London. There, she meets her new downstairs neighbor: Leah’s mother, Chana. An overbearing and secretive woman, Chana seems resistant to all of Maja’s attempts to win her over. And as Maja begins to...

The film is the directorial of Gabriel Bier Gislason.

Shudder has struck an exclusive deal for North America, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand rights to Gabriel Bier Gislason’s Attachment, in a deal done with TrustNordisk.

The film is described as a horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore. The story follows a Danish actress past her prime who falls in love with Leah, a young Jewish academic from London.

Bier Gislason, the son of Susanne Bier, makes his feature directorial debut and also wrote the script. Thomas Heinesen produces for Nordisk Film Production. The film is supported by the...

Spolight on the new projects from Rai Com, Latido, TrustNordisk and more.

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Comedians, the new film by Gabriele Salvatores, headlines Rai Com’s market slate. The completed film is based on the play of the same name by Trevor Griffiths and is produced by Indiana with Rai Cinema. It features a cast of aspiring comedians preparing for their big night.

Intramovies is kickstarting sales on the Dutch drama Love In A Bottle, produced by Levitate Film and directed by Paula van der Oest, whose credits include Zus & Zo. It is a lockdown love story that unfolds over FaceTime. The...

TrustNordisk has boarded “Attachment,” an English-language horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore, directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason.

Now in production, “Attachment” revolves around Maja, a Danish actress with her fading career who falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short, and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London.

There, she meets Leah’s overbearing and secretive mother, Chana, who lives downstairs. As Maja begins to notice strange occurrences in the building, she begins to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker that first anticipated.

The film is headlined by a strong cast including Josephine Park (“The Investigation”), Ellie Kendrick (“The Diary of Anne Frank”), Sofie Gråbøl (“The Killing”) and David Dencik (“Men & Chicken”).

Thomas Heinesen...

The Tunisian drama debuted at Venice and is nominated for best international feature.

Studio Soho Distribution has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s drama The Man Who Sold His Skin, which is up for the best international feature at the Oscars this weekend.

The drama, sold by Paris-based Bac Films, premiered in Venice’s Horizons strand last September, where it won Yahya Mahayni best actor and the film the Edipo Re Award. Studio Soho is planning to release the feature theatrically in August.

Inspired by true events, it follows a young Syrian refugee in...

The cast also includes Josephine Park and David Dencik.

TrustNordisk has boarded sales for Gabriel Bier Gislason’s English and Danish-language Attachment (working title), his debut feature film which will shoot this spring in both Copenhagen and London.

The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl has signed to star with Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, and David Dencik.

The up-and-coming writer/director is the son of director Susanne Bier and editor Tómas Gislason. The film mixes romance, horror and comedy in a love story that is also inspired by Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah, a young,...

Hodor’s death is one of the most memorable moments from the eight-season run of “Game of Thrones.” But the way David Benioff and Dan Weiss’ HBO epic portrayed the death of Kristian Nairn’s mentally disabled giant, who was fiercely loyal to Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) and the rest of the Stark family, is different from how George R.R. Martin says the infamous “hold the door” scene will go down in one of his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series’ two remaining books, “The Winds of Winter” or “A Dream of Spring.”

“I thought they executed it very well, but there are going to be differences in the book,” Martin said in James Hibberd’s new book, “Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon,” according to EW. “They did it very physical — ‘hold the door’ with Hodor’s strength. In the book, Hodor has stolen one of the old swords from the crypt.

[Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not seen the series finale of “Game of Thrones.”]

All told, “Game of Thrones” got a pretty tidy ending. Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) is dead, the Starks have all embarked on different paths, and there’s a new king in town with a different council. However, with all the storylines and characters that were introduced over the course of eight seasons, we’re bound to still have some questions remaining.

Fans may have to wait until George R.R. Martin finally releases “The Winds of Winter,” the next installment in his “A Song of Ice and Fire” book series, for those answers. But in the meantime, inquiring minds at Variety pose questions we still have after the grand finale — and took a crack at tying up the loose ends.

Where are Dany and Drogon?

When Drogon, Dany’s lone surviving dragon, discovered his murdered mother, after throwing a fire-fueled fit of grief, he took her body and flew away,...

BBC One/Masterpiece’s newspaper drama Press has dropped its first teaser. The six-part drama kicks off in September in the UK and follows on Masterpiece next year. Set in the world of competing London papers and created by Doctor Foster‘s Mike Bartlett, the series stars Ben Chaplin and Charlotte Riley and features David Suchet. Check out the first look above.

Peaky Blinders‘ Riley is the Deputy News Editor of fictional broadsheet, The Herald; Chaplin is Editor of fictional tabloid, The Post. Suchet plays the Chairman & CEO of Worldwide News, owner of The Post.

Press promises to explore the turbulent media landscape and the ethical dilemmas that journalists and editors face each day. In the teaser, we get a glimpse of the different mandates at each outlet. The Post‘s purpose, Chaplin says, is “the most outrageous storytelling in the world.” Over at The Herald, Riley asserts, “Our job is the truth.

In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks to writer/director Hope Dickson Leach about her debut feature film The Levelling.

A stunning debut feature by writer-director Hope Dickson Leach, starring Ellie Kendrick (Game of Thrones) and David Troughton (The Archers). Against the backdrop of the floods that devastated her home, Clover (Kendrick) returns to her family farm to confront her estranged father, Aubrey (Troughton). Shadowed by ill-remembered conflicts and unspoken regrets, the pair set out to heal their fractious yet still loving relationship. Dickson Leach showcases her burgeoning skill as a filmmaker to watch, displaying a remarkable ability to craft drama from silence and inference. Troughton gives a finely tempered performance, perfectly matched by Kendrick’s extraordinary presence in the breakout role of the year.

The Levelling is on iTunes, Amazon Instant, Google, BFI player, Curzon Home Cinema, Sky, FilmDoo and the Peccadillo player; available through peccapics.com...

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Finding Your Feet [IMDb] pictured

Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie star as sisters who reconnect after one of their husbands has an affair. Cowritten by Meg Leonard. (male director)

I, Tonya [my review]

Black comedy about disgraced champion figure skater Tonya Harding, starring Margot Robbie. (male writer and director)

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Dark River [IMDb]

Ruth Wilson stars as a woman returning home to claim her family’s farm. Written and directed by Clio Barnard.

Native [IMDb]

Ellie Kendrick costars as an astronaut from another planet on an exploratory mission across vast space. (male writers and director)

Please let me know if I’ve missed any movies directed by, written by, or about women.

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Rupert Graves and Ellie Kendrick play humanoid space-farers whose mission is interrupted by the sounds of Beethoven

Director and co-writer Daniel Fitzsimmons makes his interesting feature debut with a smart lo-fi sci-fi. It’s a claustrophobic chamber piece, occasionally opened out into weird interplanetary dreamscapes.

Fitzsimmons is making his production budget count, and he’s getting the most from his two actors: Ellie Kendrick and Rupert Graves, giving intelligent and committed performances. There are derivative touches here, taken from any and every post-Kubrick sci-fi you’ve ever seen, but the influences are capably absorbed and it reminded me very agreeably of the 70s TV show The Tomorrow People.

MaryAnn’s quick take… This would-be modern Romeo-and-Juliet tale is little more than a pile-on of class stereotypes, contrived dialogue, and one whopper of a coincidence. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Arthur (Johnny Flynn) hails from a family of miners in Wales, and now works as a bike messenger in London. Vida (Lydia Wilson: Star Trek Beyond) is a cellist who makes no money from her music, but that’s okay because her rich parents have bought her an amazing apartment in trendy East London. Now, Johnny is moving into that flat with Vida, and the two families are about to culture-clash.

From the directing team of Emily Harris and Ate de Jong (he’s best known for the 1991 cult film Drop Dead Fred), Love Is Thicker Than Water wants to be a modern Romeo-and-Juliet tale.

After sticking with Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) for four seasons and dragging him (literally) all the way back to Winterfell, Meera Reed (Ellie Kendrick) decided to part ways with the Starks for good in Season 7. It seemed likely that we'd see her one last time, given how intricately Game of

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Whisky Galore! (2016) will be available on Blu-ray December 12th from Arrow Films

Based on the novel by Sir Compton Mackenzie and with a star-studded cast lead by Eddie Izzard (Victoria & Abdul, TV’s Hannibal) and Gregor Fisher (TV’s Rab C. Nesbitt) heart-warming comedy, Whisky Galore!, is out now on Digital and VoD and on Blu-ray & DVD on November 7th.

Directed by Gillies Mackinnon (Hideous Kinky) from a script by award-winning writer Peter McDougall, Whisky Galore! also stars Naomi Battrick (TV’s Waterloo Road and Ripper Street), Sean Biggerstaff (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2), Ellie Kendrick (An Education, Game of Thrones), James Cosmo (T2 Trainspotting, Wonder Woman) and Kevin Guthrie (Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them) and follows the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday in the Outer Hebrides who are largely unaffected by wartime rationing, until their supply of whisky runs out! Then...

Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) might be the Three-Eyed Raven now, but he’s still working out the kinks in his new role. He may have access to every event that has happened and is currently happening in his mind, but that doesn’t mean he actually has absorbed this information yet.

In this past season of “Game of Thrones,” Bran only knew part of the secret of Jon Snow’s (Kit Harington) parentage, that he’s actually the son of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen (Wilf Scolding) and Lyanna Stark (Aisling Franciosi). But it was Samwell Tarly (John Bradley) who informed Bran that Rhaegar and Lyanna were secretly married, which makes Jon the legitimate heir to the Iron Throne and not a bastard after all. Only after hearing that did Bran mystically visit that point in history to confirm the event.

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Dracarys!

Holy Dragon fire! That was something else!

In yet another packed episode, we see Starks reunite with Starks, Littlefinger (Aiden Gillan) once again fail to win over a potentially powerful ally and Drogon literally decimate the Lannister army. Ever wondered what would happen when Bronn (Jerome Flynn) finally saw a dragon, or had to fight the Dothraki? Well, we are presented it here. And a hell of a lot of charred bodies.

But the battle closes the episode, so let’s re-wind a little to Winterfell, where we see the return of yet another Stark child – Arya (Maisie Williams). Poor Sansa (Sophie Turner) went through hell following the death of her father, but she seems to be the most mentally stable of the lot! Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) is a complete weirdo and Arya – Arya is a bad-ass. She just is obsessed with killing a lot of people.

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Ron Hogan Aug 7, 2017

The latest Game Of Thrones episode spoils viewers with action that's as emotionally gripping as it is spectacular. Spoilers ahead...

This review contains spoilers.

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7.4 The Spoils Of War

It's been two hours since Game Of Thrones aired The Spoils Of War in the United States, and I've been sitting on my couch for nearly the entire time, trying to figure out just how to do the show justice. Game Of Thrones is one of the most intense viewing experiences on television, and the seventh season is pulling absolutely no punches when it comes to satisfying viewers with emotionally gripping spectacle. I'm not even really sure where to begin, but if you haven't seen the episode,...

Get excited! Winter is... almost here. Check out eight recently released photos that give us just a taste of what's to come when the seventh season of Game of Thrones premieres Sunday night on HBO!

Game of Thrones Season 7 will premiere on HBO on July 16th, and you can view the new trailer below. Following this season, the series based on the popular George R.R. Martin book series will conclude with the eighth season of six episodes.

The season 7 cast includes Lena Headey, Gwendoline Christie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ellie Kendrick, Conleth Hill, John Bradley, Hannah Murray, Kristofer Hivju, Rory McCann, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, Aiden Gillen, Liam Cunningham, Nathalie Emmanuel, Bella Ramsey, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, and Peter Dinklage.

Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on Game of Thrones, and in case you missed it, check out the previous trailer, the official artwork for season 7, new photos from the seventh season,...

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To mark the release of The Levelling on 17th July, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.

Against the backdrop of the floods that devastated her home, Clover (Ellie Kendrick) returns to her family farm to confront her estranged father, Aubrey (David Troughton). Shadowed by ill-remembered conflicts and unspoken regrets, the pair set out to heal their fractious yet still loving relationship.

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"When the snows fall, and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives." With the premiere of the new season of Game of Thrones less than one month away, HBO released a new trailer featuring the brutal battles to come for those who have managed to survive thus far.

Game of Thrones Season 7 will premiere on HBO on July 16th, and you can view the new trailer below. Following this season, the series based on the popular George R.R. Martin book series will conclude with an eighth season of six episodes.

The season 7 cast includes Lena Headey, Gwendoline Christie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ellie Kendrick, Conleth Hill, John Bradley, Hannah Murray, Kristofer Hivju, Rory McCann, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, Aiden Gillen, Liam Cunningham, Nathalie Emmanuel, Bella Ramsey, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, and Peter Dinklage.

Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on Game of Thrones, and in case you missed it, check out the previous trailer, the official artwork for season 7, new photos from the seventh season, as well as the official promo video for the seventh season.

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