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Exclusive: HBO is in development on the comedy series Flat Tyres from Fifth Season and co-creators Thabo Rametsi and Robbie Leacock.

The series follows a hapless gang of four deluded friends as they endlessly try – and fail – to become criminal kingpins of Cape Town’s most vibrant township.

Executive producers are Nicholas Hatton and Jason Woliner for Swindle Pictures as well as Matt Sadeghian and Geordan Somerville for Brillstein.

Rametsi is a multi-award-winning South African actor, writer, director, and producer who has starred in critically and commercially successful African films including the independent feature Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu as well as Amandla and Silverton Siege for Netflix. He is known for his roles in U.S. projects including The Gamechangers starring Daniel Radcliffe, Homeland with Rupert Friend, and The Giver directed by Phillip Noyce.

Rametsi is also the co-creator of the upcoming graphic novel series Imbokodo published by...

IFC Midnight has an excellent track record with their horror acquisitions, so you'll want to add A Banquet to the list of movies to keep on your radar. Due out in 2021, the movie is the feature debut from Ruth Paxton and stars Sienna Guillory. Here's the official press release from IFC:

"IFC Midnight announced today that it is acquiring North American rights to A Banquet, the feature debut from Ruth Paxton, whose award-winning short films have been exhibited and nominated in competition at numerous prominent film festivals worldwide. A Banquet is a visually arresting, slow-burning psychological horror that uses subtle supernatural elements to create tension within a family in the midst of a breakdown, exploiting the complicated bond between three generations of mothers and daughters.

The film stars Sienna Guillory, British rising stars Jessica Alexander (Get Even) and Ruby Stokes, and award-winning actress Lindsay Duncan Cbe. A Banquet will...

Bleecker Street has bought North American rights to Harry Macqueen’s romantic drama “Supernova,” starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci.

The film, produced by Quiddity Films and The Bureau, will be released in the U.K. in November by Studiocanal. “Supernova” premiered in September at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

Firth and Tucci portray partners of 20 years who are traveling across England, visiting friends, family and places from their past. Tucci’s character was diagnosed with early-onset dementia so their time together has become more valuable than ever.

“When we saw this film, we were so taken by the beauty of the writing and how timeless of a love story Harry created,” Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen said. “The performances of Colin and Stanley are so touching and authentic, we knew we wanted to be part of bringing it to audiences.”

Firth won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a...

Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci star as a couple traveling through England in an old Rv visiting friends and places from their past in “Supernova.” Check out the trailer for the film above, shared exclusively with Variety.

Written and directed by Harry Macqueen (“Hinterland”), “Supernova” is billed as a modern love story centered on Sam (Firth) and Tusker (Tucci), partners of 20 years who are traveling the country in a bid to reconnect with their past amid Tusker’s early-onset dementia diagnosis. As the trip progresses, their relationship is tested like never before. Ultimately, they must confront the question of what it means to love one another in the face of Tusker’s irreparable illness.

Firth won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his portrayal of King George VI in “The King’s Speech.” His performance in “A Single Man” also won him a BAFTA and an Oscar nomination.

Exclusive: Steve Buscemi and Wren Arthur’s Olive Productions has closed a two-year, first-look deal with TBS and TNT.

Under the pact, the New York-based company plans to mine their talent relationships to develop drama and comedy series for the two WarnerMedia networks. Buscemi and Arthur already are working on book and other IP adaptations, as well as several provocative and aspirational unscripted series ideas.

Unscripted programming’s importance at the two networks has been on the rise, especially at TNT.

The deal expands Buscemi’s relationship with TBS where he is star and executive producer of series Miracle Workers. The breakout comedy, TBS’ most watched original scripted series in Live+Same Day, has been renewed for a second season.

“Working with Steve on our hit TBS series Miracle Workers has truly been other-worldly,” said Brett Weitz, general manager TBS, TNT, and truTV. “He and Wren have demonstrated an exceptional...

“Supernova,” a romance starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a longtime couple on a road trip, has inked a raft of early distribution deals after having just wrapped a six-week shoot in England’s scenic Lake District.

The Bureau Sales has sold Harry Macqueen’s new feature to territories including the U.K. (Studiocanal), Germany and Austria (Weltkino), Japan (Culture Entertainment), Benelux (Cineart), Taiwan (Catchplay), Penny Black (Airlines) and Scandinavia (Scanbox). The Bureau Sales will shop the film further at Afm next month.

The movie marks actor Macqueen’s second feature as a director following his highly regarded debut, “Hinterland,” in 2014. “Supernova” centers on Sam (Firth) and Tusker (Tucci), partners of 20 years, who are traveling across England in their old Rv visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.

After the success of last year’s Call Me By Your Name, Armie Hammer proceeded to star in two more acclaimed films (Sorry to Bother You and Final Portrait). Now he takes on the role of Marty Ginsburg, the supportive husband of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) in On The Basis of Sex. The project comes [...]

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Geoffrey Rush and Armie Hammer are searching for creative perfection in the home release of their biopic, ‘Final Portrait.’ Their exploration for artistic genius is continuing with the film’s recent distribution on DVD and Digital, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In celebration of ‘Final Portrait’s home entertainment release, Shockya is offering three lucky winners […]

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Academy Award-winner Geoffrey Rush and Golden Globe-nominee Armie Hammer star in the compelling story about artistic genius and the search for creative perfection in Final Portrait, debuting on DVD and digital July 31 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Adapted from James Lord’s memoir “A Giacometti Portrait,” the film was written and directed by Stanley Tucci and tells the story of famed artist Alberto Giacometti (Rush) who asks the American writer and art-lover James Lord (Hammer) to sit for a portrait which takes much longer than either of them anticipate. Final Portrait also stars Golden Globe-winner Tony Shalhoub (TVs “Monk” 2002; “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Sylvie Testud (La Vie en Rose) and Clémence Poésy (In Bruges).

The DVD release of Final Portrait includes interview clips from the cast and filmmakers, plus behind the scenes footage from the set.

Now you can own the Final Portrait on DVD. We Are Movie Geeks has 3 copies to give away.

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, FandangoNOW, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical The Miracle Season Tully Overboard Final Portrait (biographical drama about Swiss painter-sculptor Alberto Giacometti; Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Clémence Poésy; rated R) Anything (romantic...

Vertical Entertainment has set an Aug. 14 digital and VOD release for the pandemic thriller “Patient Zero,” starring Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer and Stanley Tucci.

The film, which was developed and produced at Sony’s Screen Gems, is also arriving in select theaters on Sept. 14.

The story takes place after a super-virus has turned humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers. Smith portrays an asymptomatic victim who can communicate with the infected and must lead the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure. Agyness Deyn and Clive Standen (“Vikings”) also star.

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky from a screenplay by Mike Le, “Patient Zero” was produced by Vincent Newman and executive produced by Glenn S. Gainor and Steve Norris. The film was shot in 2015 in London.

Smith’s credits include “Dr. Who,” Netflix’s “The Crown,” and “Mapplethorpe,” which was bought this week by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Dormer stars in “Game of Thrones,...

Congratulations are in order! Stanley Tucci is a dad again, as he and his wife, Felicity Blunt, welcomed their second child. His rep confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that Felicity birthed a daughter named Emilia Giovanna Tucci on April 19. The bundle of joy weighed in at 6 lbs., 6 oz. The duo has not publicly spoken out about their baby or even Felicity's pregnancy. Instead of making a verbal public announcement, the couple let Felicity's baby bump speak for itself during Guggenheim Museum's screening of Final Portrait in NYC on Thursday, March 22, just a month before she gave birth. At the special event, Felicity's sister Emily Blunt and her good friend Blake Lively were seen rubbing her pregnant belly. Stanley, 57, and Felicity, 36, previously met at Emily's wedding to John Krasinski in 2010, just one year after Stanley's first wife, Kate Tucci, sadly died. They got engaged in Berlin a year after Emily and John's...

IMAX has inked a deal with Vox Cinemas, the Middle East’s largest exhibitor, for a minimum of four new theatres in Saudi Arabia. Four theatres will be added to new multiplexes in Riyadh. The first IMAX theatre has opened at Vox Cinemas’ Riyadh Park Mall venue. Vox Cinemas was awarded its licence to operate cinemas in the Kingdom and plans to invest SAR2B (Us$533.3M) to open 600 screens in Saudi Arabia over the next five years. Today’s agreement brings the IMAX contracted network in Saudi Arabia to at least five, with two currently open.

Kelly Macdonald’s Puzzle, which is directed by Big Beach principal Marc Turtletaub and was picked up earlier this year by Sony Pictures, will open the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The drama will be joined at the Scottish festival, which runs June 20 through July 1, by Anna And The Apocalypse, Jack Lowden-fronted thriller...

Ryan Reynolds isn’t afraid to show his soft side — to his wife, that is.

The actor, 41, revealed his sweet side on the red carpet of the New York City premiere of Deadpool 2 on Monday night while posing alongside wife and actress Blake Lively.

The father of two tells People he is far more sentimental than his superhero character when it comes to expressing his for his better half.

“Oh, I’m a little more [sentimental],” Reynolds says. “I can lay it on pretty thick. I’ve always been sentimental — since I was a kid.”...

Kino Lorber documentary Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami debuted to robust numbers over the weekend, grossing $60,442 in three locations, giving it an impressive $20,147 per theater average.

That’s the highest of the weekend and one of the best among all 2018 non-fiction openings. The same distributor also bowed Hitler’s Hollywood with an exclusive showing, taking in $10,177.

Sony Classics rode The Rider into a trio of runs starting Friday for a solid $45,268 start, averaging $15,089.

The weekend also saw a couple of semi-wide newcomers including Bleecker Street’s Sundance thriller Beirut with Rosamund Pike and Jon Hamm (which opened Wednesday), grossing an estimated $1.65M in the three-day span, while Fathom Events played The Met: Live in HD Luisa Miller in 900 locations, grossing $1.28M.

Amazon’s You Were Never Really Here expanded to 51 theaters in its second frame. The Joaquin Phoenix starrer grossed $324K Friday through Sunday. A24 also added locations for Andrew Haigh’s Lean On Pete,...

Emily Blunt makes her horror film debut today in theaters nationwide — starring in husband John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” — but she’s torn about whether she wants to reprise her breakout role in “The Devil Wears Prada.” During an appearance on “The Jess Cagle Interview,” Blunt said about a possible sequel to the 2006 film, “If everyone did it I would be up for it,” then added, “I don’t know” if there’s going to be a second film. “I almost hope it doesn’t [happen] because I think sometimes when you sequel everything kind of dilutes how special the original is.” (A source close to the studio said no sequel was in the works.)

“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna wrote the adapted screenplay for “The Devil Wears Prada,” based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger, a former assistant to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The roles based on Weisberger...

Chicago – Comedy is purely subjective, and the new film ‘Blockers’ sets out to prove it, by expectorating joke after joke in all categories of sophistication. Physical pratfalls, witty asides, gross-out, sex, nudity, drugs, surrealism and more are all on the humor buffet, so pick, choose and laugh, as they pile it on.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Produced by the comedy mavens Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, among others, the story is basically framed within their style of keeping the humor flowing fast and furious. Some joke doesn’t land? They’ll be another one in a about a minute. It’s interesting in a pace like this frenzy that the film still seems overlong, but that really just has to do with the plot… parents wanting to deny their teenage daughters the opportunity to lose their virginity on prom night. It’s easy to guess the outcomes, which pretty much come to form within a bunch of clichés,...

Chicago – Paris in the 1960s seems to be a place where anything was possible. “Final Portrait” is an indication of this, as Armie Hammer portrays a Mad Men style American critic (what!) in 1964, who sits for a portrait painting by eccentric artist Alberto Giacometti, portrayed with relish by Geoffrey Rush.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

The film is written and directed by actor Stanley Tucci, and is his fifth directorial effort. And he brings along one of the lucky performers from his first film, “Big Night,” an unrecognizable Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”). The film – based on a true story – is deliberately paced, expressing the more leisurely and deeply felt times. One of the funnier bits is Hammer’s character constantly changing his airline flight as the portrait sitting goes on, something that may be impossible with such ease today (or with many fees attached). This is mostly a fascinating character study, as Geoffrey Rush has...

Ryan Reynolds is laughing off recent rumors about his and Blake Lively's marriage. The 41-year-old Deadpool star and the 30-year-old actress have been married since 2012 and share two daughters, James, 3, and Ines, 1. This week, an unconfirmed report said the actors have been struggling to spend quality time together because both are busy working. "I wish," Reynolds tweeted on Saturday. "I could use a little 'me time.'" Reynolds and Lively were last photographed together as recently as last week, at a screening for Final Portrait at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. There, they also hung out with fellow married...

Ryan Reynolds is spending plenty of time with his wife Blake Lively, despite what tabloids might say. In fact, maybe too much!

The 41-year-old Deadpool star responded to rumors about his marriage on Saturday, quoting a headline that he and Lively are “struggling to spend quality time together.”

“I wish,” Reynolds wrote on Twitter. “I could use a little ‘me time.’ ”

I wish. I could use a little “me time”. https://t.co/S6kXFsWaMe

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) March 31, 2018

Reynolds’ joke comes a week after he and Lively, 30, walked the red carpet together at the New York City premiere of Final Portrait together,...

Armie Hammer is no slouch in the style department—at least not anymore. When the actor appeared on TBS' Conan Tuesday to promote his new movie, Final Portrait, Conan O'Brien felt compelled to ask about his recent "track suit phrase" during award season. "I developed a case of what I like to call the 'f--k its,' where I was on a press tour for Call Me by Your Name that went on for 14 months," said Hammer, whose performance received a Golden Globe nomination. For comparison, he pointed out that the entire shoot lasted six weeks. "I woke up in the morning and I thought, 'You know what? I now have senioritis'—like a senior in school who has to go to class, but they...

From writer/director Stanley Tucci and inspired by James Lord’s memoir A Giacometti Portrait, Final Portrait is the story of an unusual friendship, between American writer and art lover James Lord (Armie Hammer) and world renowned artist Alberto Giacometti (Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush). In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, Giacometti asks Lord to sit for a portrait, telling him that it would only take a few days. After several delays in returning home and very revealing insight into the chaos and beauty of the artistic process, the two men bonded in fascinating and unlikely ways. …...

Marvel's Black Panther has been dominating at the box office since opening in theaters last month, becoming the first movie since Avatar to win five weekends in a row, but now its box office reign has finally come to an end. Black Panther slipped to second place with $16.6 million in its sixth frame this weekend, being dethroned by newcomer Pacific Rim Uprising, which won with an estimated $28 million. Black Panther's run is still far from over, but it's reign at the top has come to a close.

Black Panther played in 3,370 theaters this weekend, dropping 464 theaters from the previous weekend, falling just 37.5%, which is quite impressive in its sixth weekend, with a $4,394 per-screen average. This weekend's haul brings its domestic total to $630.9 million, pushing it past 2012's The Avengers to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time, and the highest-grossing McU movie as well. It's $1.237 billion worldwide...

If there was any doubt about Wes Anderson’s continued draw as a contemporary auteur, “Isle of Dogs” removes them. His latest stop-motion epic boosted the dragging post-Oscar specialty market, opening in 27 theaters in six markets to a massive $1.5 million with a mighty per theater average of $58,000. The result came from a range of upscale theaters, not just core art houses. Fox Searchlight has a breakout.

On its third weekend, IFC’s comedy “The Death of Stalin” continues its strong run with over $1 million. Audiences that were flocking to award season contenders are carrying over to these two new releases. As the rest of the indie pack with more niche appeal play to more routine numbers, these box office breakouts are critical to the health of the specialized film community.

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Isle of Dogs (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 80, Festivals include: Berlin, South by Southwest 2018

$1,570,000 in 27 theaters; PTA (per theater average):...

Stanley Tucci has spent the majority of his directing career telling stories about eccentric artists, but it wasn’t until “Final Portrait” that he seemed to find them annoying. The struggling chefs of “Big Night,” the struggling actors of “The Imposters” and the struggling author of “Joe Gould’s Secret” could be forgiven their obsessions and flaws because they have nothing else to show for their lifetimes of work. If they behaved the exact same way after they were critically acclaimed and financially successful, they would be completely insufferable, just like this film’s version of Alberto Giacometti. “Final Portrait” stars Geoffrey Rush as...

Gird your loins — because there was an impromptu The Devil Wears Prada reunion at the premiere of Stanley Tucci‘s latest film!

At Thursday’s premiere of Tucci’s new movie Final Portrait, both Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt showed up to lend their support to the 57-year-old actor-director.

Although the trio didn’t pose all together at the event, Tucci was spotted smiling alongside Streep — with whom he also starred in 2009’s Julie & Julia — and cozying up with Blunt.

And there was at least one superfan of the 2006 film who was probably freaking out about the mini-reunion: Blunt’s husband John Krasinski,...

We bet a million girls would kill for a night out with these stars.  On Thursday night, John Krasinski was the lucky guy who got to mingle with two of the ladies from one of his favorite films, The Devil Wears Prada: his beloved wife Emily Blunt and the queen of the silver screen herself, Meryl Streep. Yes, he loves his job, he loves his job, he loves his job.  The star, who once admitted to Blunt that he had already seen the 2006 flick 75 times, mingled with the two stars at a screening for Final Portrait at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.  However, paths didn't finish crossing at Streep. The film was directed by Stanley Tucci, who famously played...

Surprise! Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunt have another baby on the way. The literary agent has not discussed her second pregnancy publicly. Rather, Felicity let her baby bump speak for itself by joining him at the Guggenheim Museum's screening of Final Portrait in New York City Thursday. Felicity's sister, Emily Blunt, and friend, Blake Lively, were seen rubbing her belly on the red carpet. It's unclear how far along she is; E! News has reached out to Stanley's rep for comment. The parents-to-be met in 2010 during Emily's wedding to John Krasinski. They got engaged in Berlin a year later and exchanged vows in a private ceremony in 2012. They celebrated their marriage with a group of...

The setting is Paris in 1964. Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) has invited his friend, the American art writer James Lord (Armie Hammer), to pose for a portrait. Intrigued and flattered – Giacometti's elongated sculptures and paintings had made him world famous – the subject agrees to sit for the master. Expecting to model for a few days, Lord found himself at the mercy of the notoriously self-critical artist for three weeks.

That's the movie, a "mere" look at an artist at work in his chosen habitat. Giacometti's Paris studio, beautifully captured by production designer James Merifield,...

Armie Hammer shared his thoughts about being directed by Stanley Tucci in the drama Final Portrait during a special screening Monday at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.

“He’s a charming son of a bitch,” Hammer told The Hollywood Reporter of Tucci, who also wrote the script for the pic, which tells the story of artist Alberto Giocometti as he paints his last portrait of American-journalist James Lord.

Working with Tucci included a post-shoot martini tradition, recap sessions that took place following each day of shooting and the actor-director's habit of asking the stars of the film where “they would like to...

Faith-based filmmaking isn’t dead. While the genre has struggled recently to turn out crossover hits (and nothing has topped the $611M take of Mel Gibson’s controversial smash hit “The Passion of the Christ,” still the top earner in the genre 14 years after its release), brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin’s latest film, “I Can Only Imagine,” surprised this weekend’s box office with a $17 million opening take, good enough to push it to third place in a crowded field. Among contemporary Christian community titles, only “Heaven Is for Real” had a better opening, scoring $22 million when it opened in 2014.

Other faith-based movies have recently faltered at the box office, making the success of “I Can Only Imagine” as a bit of an outlier in a struggling — and often independently made — genre. The last big Christian-leaning hit to crack $100 million at the domestic box office was 2010’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader...

Final Portrait Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Stanley Tucci Screenwriter: Stanley Tucci Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Tony Shalhoub, Sylvie Testud, Clémence Poésy Screened at: Sony, NYC, 2/26/18 Opens: March 23, 2018 If you visit one of the hundreds of artists’ colonies throughout the world, perhaps Res Artis in Amsterdam, the Alliance […]

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Armie Hammer has been making the most of his Euro trip movie roles. Of course, he spent nearly all of last year basking in the warmth of the Italy set, Oscar contending “Call Me By Your Name.” Now the actor plays a handsome American in Paris in the upcoming “Final Portrait.”

Written and directed by Stanley Tucci, and co-starring Geoffrey Rush, Clémence Poésy, Tony Shalhoub and Sylvie Testud, the film tells the true story of the relationship between James Lord and the painter Alberto Giacometti.

"Your whole life can be swallowed up..." Sony Pictures Classics has debuted a new official Us trailer for the film Final Portrait, which was one of my favorites from last year's Berlin Film Festival. Glad it's finally hitting Us theaters soon. The film stars Geoffrey Rush as accomplished Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti, an eccentric painter and sculptor who lived in Paris for the the last years of his life. The story is all about his friendship with an American journalist named James Lord, played by Armie Hammer, who visited in the 1960s. Giacometti asked Lord to sit down for a portrait, to be finished in only a few days, but it ends up going on and on for months - his final portrait. This also stars Clémence Poésy and Tony Shalhoub. I wrote in my review from last year's Berlinale: "Rush gives such an outstanding performance, it's compelling and thoroughly enjoyable to watch him.

The 2018 SXSW Film Festival kicks off in March and the first wave of movies that will be playing has been announced. A Quiet Place, the new horror film from director John Krasinski starring Emily Blunt, will be the opening night film. However, the programming runs the gamut from prestige dramas like Final Portrait to crude […]

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To mark the release of Final Portrait on 8th January, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on DVD.

In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord (Armie Hammer) is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush), to sit for a portrait. The process, Giacometti assures Lord, will take only a few days. Flattered and intrigued, Lord agrees.

So, begins not only the story of a touching and offbeat friendship, but, seen through the eyes of Lord, a uniquely revealing insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and, at times, downright chaos of the artistic process. Final Portrait is a bewitching portrait of a genius, and of a friendship between two men who are utterly different, yet increasingly bonded through a single, ever-evolving act of creativity. It is a film which shines a light on the artistic process itself,...

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opening this week The Death of Stalin I Am Not a Witch Brawl in Cell Block 99 Happy Death Day I’m planning to see… Geostorm Jungle Marshall

2017’s films, ranked by maryann

all reviews, 1997–today

now in cinemas The Big Sick Borg vs McEnroe Brimstone Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Detroit Dunkirk Final Portrait The Glass Castle God’s Own Country The Limehouse Golem Loving Vincent The Party Pecking Order The Ritual School Life Spider-Man: Homecoming Victoria & Abdul Wind River American Made Atomic Blonde Blade Runner 2049 Despicable Me 3 Everything, Everything Girls Trip Goodbye Christopher Robin Logan Lucky American Assassin Annabelle: Creation Baby Driver Cars 3 The Emoji Movie...

Author: Stefan Pape

Known primarily for his wok on-screen, Stanley Tucci returns to the director’s chair with his latest project, the Giacometti biopic Final Portrait.

We had the pleasure of sitting down with the talented filmmaker earlier this year at the Berlin film festival, where he discusses his established interest in the aforementioned artist, portrayed here by Geoffrey Rush. He also explains how he took a film that deliberately thrives in the notion of tedium, feel so engaging – and why not taking a role in the project allowed him to focus so heavily on getting the tone right.

He also speaks about where he discovered his passion for film, and what he believes the future holds for independent cinema. Finally he speaks about fishing, and just how bad at it he is.

Was Giacometti someone you knew a lot about before starting this?

Oh my God, yeah. I knew...

Author: Stefan Pape

With a host of impressive, eclectic projects to his name – Armie Hammer is an actor you might want to start paying real attention (Call Me By Your Name isn’t far away now, after all). His latest is Final Portrait, where he plays journalist James Lord, who has the pleasure/burden of posing for a portrait for Swiss artist Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) – in a film directed by Stanley Tucci.

We sat down with Hammer at the Berlin film festival to speak about the role at hand – and what it was like collaborating with both Rush and Tucci. He speaks about his own ambitions to one day direct, his struggles in becoming the actor he is today, and why he’s started to turn to independent features. He also goes on to discuss his nomadic upbringing, his future project Freak Shift with Ben Wheatley, and the downsides to being famous.

The star of In Bruges and Harry Potter on working with Stanley Tucci, Brexit and Le Pen, and her fears for generation Instagram

The French actor Clémence Poésy, 34, is best known for her roles in The Tunnel, In Bruges and as Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter films. In Stanley Tucci’s film of the life of artist Alberto Giacometti she plays opposite Geoffrey Rush and Armie Hammer. She lives in Paris and east London, and earlier this year gave birth to her first child, Liam.

Your character in Final Portrait is Giacometti’s mistress and muse, Caroline. She’s full of life and colour, but is very temperamental and often skittish. How did you want to play her?

I was constantly scared of her being too much. But Stanley had his film very clear in his head, and knew that the story needed that burst of energy at some points.

Author: Zehra Phelan

After its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival back in February 2017, where it received rave reviews, Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait has finally released an endearing trailer.

Related: Final Portrait Review

Starring Geoffrey Rush as the eccentric and procrastinating artist Alberto Giacometti and Armie Hammer as the American writer James Lord, Final Portrait is written and directed by the exceptional Stanley Tucci.

In the trailer, Rush with an odd resemblance to Bob Dylan portrays the artistic genius with utter believability as his own self-doubt turns him into a grumpy perfectionist behind the canvas as Armie Hammer’s Lord becomes impatient at the amount of time it takes the man to create his portrait. Graced with light-hearted humour, Giacometti struggles with alcohol and dabbles in an extramarital affair in order to let loose.

“That’s the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture,

The...

"It's like he's determined to remain completely unsatisfied." Vertigo has unveiled an official UK trailer for the film Final Portrait, an intriguing look at the work of acclaimed Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti. The film stars Geoffrey Rush as Giacometti, an eccentric painter and sculptor who lived in Paris for the the last years of his life. The story is all about his friendship with an American journalist named James Lord, played by Armie Hammer, who visited in the 1960s. Giacometti asked Lord to sit down for a portrait, to be finished in only a few days, but it ends up going on and on for months - his final portrait. Also starring Clémence Poésy and Tony Shalhoub. I saw this film at the Berlin Film Festival and wrote in my review that: "Rush gives such an outstanding performance, it's compelling and thoroughly enjoyable to watch him." Here's the official UK...

Although he’s best known for his acting career, Stanley Tucci also gets behind the camera every so often and he’s now done so for the first time in a decade with Final Portrait. The film follows American writer James Lord (Armie Hammer) as he sits for the final portrait by artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush). Following a premiere at this year’s Berlinale and ahead of a U.K. release this summer, the first trailer has now arrived.

“Enough footage of Alberto Giacometti exists to suggest that Geoffrey Rush is quite uncanny as the renowned surrealist sculptor in Final Portrait, a depiction of the seventeen days it took him to paint his last portrait, that of the American writer James Lord (played here by Armie Hammer),” we said in our review. “Based on Lord’s resulting 1965 book A Giacometti Portrait, it’s an elegant if somewhat unambitious piece...

We’re in the midst of the big summer holiday in North America, with Canadians coming off July 1st and Americans gearing up for July 4th. So, it’s the perfect time for the first trailer for an art dramedy about an eccentric painter, right? Well, the folks behind “Final Portrait” sure think so.

Starring Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Clémence Poésy, Tony Shalhoub and Sylvie Testud, and directed by Stanley Tucci, the film is “a charming, modest” look at the unique artistic process of painter Alberto Giacometti, as he hits down to compose a portrait of art-lover James Lord.

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If you're already having Bates Motel withdrawals and you're going to miss Olivia Cooke's performance as Emma, Rlj Entertainment might have just the cure for what ails you, as they've just acquired the Us rights to The Limehouse Golem, a new serial killer thriller set in London and starring Cooke alongside Bill Nighy.

Keep an eye out for The Limehouse Golem in theaters and on VOD beginning September 8th, and check out the official press release with full details on the film:

Press Release: Los Angeles, June 1, 2017 – Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) has acquired U.S. rights to the thriller The Limehouse Golem. Based on the novel “Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem” by Peter Ackroyd, the film was written by the acclaimed writer Jane Goldman (Kingsmen, The Woman in Black), directed by Juan Carlos Medina (Painless) and produced by Stephen Woolley (Their Finest, Interview with a Vampire), Joanna Laurie...

Kyra Sedgwick's Story Of A Girl, which features her husband Kevin Bacon Photo: Courtesy of Eiff

Edinburgh International Film Festival launched its full programme this morning for its 71st edition, which will run from June 21 to July 2.

Among the star names attending the festival are Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, who will be bringing her directorial debut Story Of A Girl, with The Woodsman also screening in their honour. Stanley Tucci will attend with his film Final Portrait. The trio will also take part in In Person events at the festival, as will actor Richard E Grant, composer David Arnold and writer/director Lizzie Borden.

This year’s Festival will showcase a total of 151 features from 46 countries including: 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, nine European Premieres and 69 UK Premieres.

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Highlights include the UK premiere of Cars 3 and 17 world premieres.Scroll Down For Competition Titles

The line-up for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.

This year’s Eiff (June 21-2 July) will comprise a total 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 69 UK premieres.

Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3, appearances from Stanley Tucci, Oliver Stone and Kevin Bacon and the Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the previously announced God’s Own Country and England Is Mine.

There will also be a special screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score live.

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The Best of British strand includes Bryn Higgins’ Access All Areas featuring Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens; Simon Hunter’s Edie starring Sheila Hancock; the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female adaptation of [link...

Sony Pictures Classics has announced that they have acquired all rights in North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Eastern Europe to Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider” at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight section to stellar reviews on Saturday. It’s the second project from writer-director Chloe Zhao, who previously made the 2015 Sundance drama “Songs My Brother Taught Me.” That film also screened at Directors’ Fortnight.

“The Rider” is a drama about a young cowboy who suffers a near fatal head injury and embarks on a search for a new identity.

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Per the film’s official synopsis, “Based on his a true story, ‘The Rider’ stars breakout Brady Jandreau as a once rising star of the rodeo circuit warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident.

Exclusive: Game Of Thrones star Headey plays an immigration officer.

Screen can reveal the first look at Game Of Thrones duo Lena Headey and Iain Glen alongside Humans star Ivanno Jeremiah in UK immigration drama The Flood.

Headey, who also serves as executive producer, will play an immigration officer who must decide the fate of a seemingly dangerous asylum seeker, played by rising actor Jeremiah.

Glen, who also has a recurring role in the Resident Evil movie franchise, will play Headey’s watchful boss.

Northern Soul actor Jack Gordon is also among cast on the project, currently in post-production. Shoot took place in the UK and France.

Helen Kingston’s original script was directed by Anthony Woodley. Luke Healy produces; Julie-Anne Uggla is also an executive producer.

Co-producer is Michael Constable, line producer on Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire and Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait.

Kingston, Woodley and Healy previously collaborated on 2015 sci-fi The Carrier.

The first big domestic deal on a Competition film from Cannes is here, and the festival is mere hours into its very first day. Deadline reports that Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North and Latin American rights to Russian-language drama “Loveless,” one day before the film’s premiere.

This deal reteams Spc and helmer Andrey Zvyagintsev, as the specialty Sony arm previously release his 2014 film “Leviathan.” The film is Zvyagintsev’s third Cannes Competition entry and his third partnership with producer Alexander Rodnyansky.

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The family drama follows Boris and Zhenya, a couple in Russia who are going through a divorce and selling their apartment. Constantly arguing, the pair seem to be uninterested in their 12-year-old son Alyosha, until he goes missing and they have to come together again to find him.

Earlier this week, we...