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Anne Hathaway is one of the most recognized actors in the world and has been a part of many blockbusters and iconic films. She had her breakthrough with The Princess Diaries and then went on to star in acclaimed comedies such as The Devil Wears Prada and Ella Enchanted. She also moved to the dramatic category with films such as Les Misérables.

The actress recently starred and produced in the romantic drama The Idea of You, which saw her paired up with Nicholas Galitzine. Hathaway revealed that as a producer, she could bring in a lot of changes in the process of auditioning the actors. She recounted a practice in the early 2000s where she had to kiss multiple guys to find the right fit during a screen test.

Anne Hathaway Had To Go Through A Disgusting Hollywood Practice Anne Hathaway in Ella Enchanted

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Exclusive: Producer Miranda Bailey, known for movies such as Swiss Army Man, Don’t Think Twice and The Diary of a Teenage Girl, says that multiple studios and streamers shied away from acquiring her completed drama series Unconventional due to its queer themes.

Bailey, who declined to name the companies, is instead planning to release the series in 2024 on VOD through distribution label The Film Arcade, which has acquired U.S. rights to the nine-episode season.

Eastsiders creator Kit Williamson is behind the Sundance Lab-developed drama, which follows eccentric, queer siblings Noah and Margot Guillory and their significant others Daniel Charles and Eliza Slate as they try to start an unconventional family while navigating their thirties.

Williamson stars as Noah alongside James Bland (Insecure), Aubrey Peeples (Nashville), Briana Venskus (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Beau Bridges (Masters of Sex), Kathy Griffin (Search Party), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Friday Night Lights), Tuc Watkins (Uncoupled), Willam Belli...

Exclusive: Tony Award nominee Gideon Glick has been cast in Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider’s Comedy Central series The Other Two.

Glick, who originated the role of Dill Harris in Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, will appear as The Other Two‘s Jess, the new boyfriend of Cary (Drew Tarver). Jess is described as a laid back guy who seems very into Cary and very able to roll with the punches.

Gideon recently concluded his Tony nominated performance in To Kill A Mockingbird, and can currently be seen starring as Seymour in the critically-acclaimed Off Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors.

Glick’s previous film and television credits include Marriage Story, Ocean’s 8, Speech & Debate and Song One as well as The Detour, Devious Maids, Elementary and The Good Wife, among others. Glick’s previous stage credits include productions of Spring Awakening,...

You just knew it was coming this year... because Hollywood just can't help itself. A David Bowie movie titled Stardust is in the works starring Johnny Flynn, the singer-turned-actor who recently starred in the indie drama Beast and played a young Albert Einstein on the National Geographic series Genius. He also starred opposite Anne Hathaway in the indie movie Song One. Gabriel Range will direct from a script by Christopher Bell, and the film will follow a young Bowie during his first visit to America in 1971 -- a trip that inspired Bowie to create his iconic alter …...

Exclusive: Genius actor and singer/songwriter Johnny Flynn has boarded Focus Features and Working Title’s Emma, the latest adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel.

Flynn joins Anya Taylor-Joy, who is taking on the title role in the feature film directed by Autumn De Wilde and adapted by Eleanor Catton. Graham Broadbent and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing.

Flynn is starring in the London West end stage production of Sam Shepard’s True West opposite Kit Harington. He starred as the young Albert Einstein in Season 1 of NatGeo’s Genius earning a Critics’ Choice nomination. Flynn also recently starred in the ITV/Amazon Studios mini-series Vanity Fair as William Dobbin. Other film credits include Beast, Clouds of Sils Maria, and Song One.

Flynn is also lead singer and songwriter of the band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit. He wrote the entire score including the...

After taking North American distribution rights out of Tiff, 30West took Michael Pearce’s Beast starring Jessie Buckley (Taboo, War and Peace), Johnny Flynn (Clouds of Sils Maria, Song One), and Geraldine James (45 Years, Calendar Girls) to the Sundance Film Festival. The next stop a U.S. release through Roadshow on May 11, 2018. “Beast centers around a small island community where a troubled young woman falls for […]...

After taking North American distribution rights out of Tiff, 30West took Michael Pearce’s Beast starring Jessie Buckley (Taboo, War and Peace), Johnny Flynn (Clouds of Sils Maria, Song One), and Geraldine James (45 Years, Calendar Girls) to the Sundance Film Festival. The next stop a U.S. release through Roadshow on May 11, 2018. “Beast centers around a small island community where a troubled young woman falls […]...

30West has acquired North American distribution rights to Michael Pearce’s Beast starring Jessie Buckley (Taboo, War and Peace), Johnny Flynn (Clouds of Sils Maria, Song One) and Geraldine James (45 Years, Calendar Girls). The Protagonist Pictures repped psychological thriller is the first feature-length project from writer/director Pearce and received strong reviews after its world premiere […]...

Marking its third deal of the Toronto International Film Festival, upstart 30West has acquired North American distribution rights to Michael Pearce’s Beast.

Starring Jessie Buckley (Taboo, War and Peace), Johnny Flynn (Clouds of Sils Maria, Song One) and Geraldine James (45 Years, Calendar Girls), the film made its world premiere on Sept. 9 at the festival.

Unlike the other two deals inked by 30West on the ground in Toronto (I, Tonya and Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!), Beast does not yet have a domestic distribution partner in place. I, Tonya will be released by Neon, and Super Size Me...

Part monster movie, part romantic comedy, part feminist manifesto: Nacho Vigalondo’s “Colossal” is a lot of things. But Anne Hathaway’s first impression of it was much simpler than that.

“I think the exact email I got from my agent was, ‘This might be too weird, but it might be the right weird,'” the actress recently told IndieWire when asked about her first introduction to the project. “I read it and it felt like it the right weird.”

An innovative blend of high concept sci-fi and romcom tropes, “Colossal” gives “Kong: Skull Island” a run for its money as the disaster movie of the year, which is why it’s somewhat of a shock to consider that it almost didn’t get made at all. Vigalondo first gained exposure among genre fans for his labyrinthine time-travel comedy “Timecrimes,” but it has taken years for him to make a more widely-accessible crowdpleaser.

In its opening act, Nacho Vigolando’s newest genre-subverting feature, “Colossal,” plays like the world’s most unexpected “The Devil Wears Prada” sequel. Imagine if Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs didn’t have that last-act change of heart, compelling her to reject the empty offerings of Miranda Priestly, and instead stayed in Paris with her steely-eyed mentor and clawed her way to the top of the fashion journalism heap, one stiletto-bolstered step at a time. Hathaway’s character in “Colossal,” a burnout alcoholic writer named Gloria, could be Andy just a few years on: fabulous, broke, exceedingly wasted.

That’s where “Colossal” starts. That’s hardly where it ends.

Vigolando’s film introduces us to Gloria at her lowest ebb, unveiling an anti-heroine for the ages (and also the kind of “strong female character” that so many Hollywood movies tend to lack) and then twists her resurrection story into some mighty unexpected shapes.

Starring Farhan Akhtar, Shraddha Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Shashank Arora, Prachi Desai, Kumud Mishra

Directed by Sujaat Saudagar

There is a life-defining sequence in the early part of this stylishly cut film where the excellent Shashank Arora, playing a young struggling musician, a Sarod player in this day and age if you must know, pleads with the supremely accomplished Kumud Mishra playing a rigid musician, for a hearing. A request that falls on deaf years because Guruji is a purist who believes music must not be tampered with to create a contemporary sound.

Ironically this is what Rock On 2, a worthy resoundingly successful sequel to the 2008 genre-defining musical, attempts. It breaks barrier of sound and drama to give us an experience that moves the feet and the soul, sometimes in unison. From the first frame when we hear ‘Killer Drums’ Kd(the very endearing Purab Kohli) trying successfully...

Geoffrey Rush is getting back into biopic mode. The actor — who won an Oscar for his portrayal of pianist David Helfgott in “Shine” and has also played the Marquis de Sade and other historical figures — will star as Albert Einstein in National Geographic Channel’s anthology series “Genius.” He’ll be joined in that role by Johnny Flynn (“Song One,” “Clouds of Sils Maria”), who’s starring as the physicist in his younger years, with Ron Howard directing the pilot. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news.

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The 10-episode drama, Nat Geo’s first scripted series, will serve as a portrait of the genius as a young man, focusing on the contrast between Einstein’s brilliance and his inability to attain either a doctorate or a position as a teacher. “National...

Creed continues to be a box office success and a favorite with audiences and critics. Globally Ryan Coogler’s film has passed the $100 million mark since its initial opening this fall.

The film reunites Coogler with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed, and explores a new chapter in the Rocky story, starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone in his iconic role.

For the director, there was no question that Creed would be set in Philadelphia, where it all began. And for the filmmakers, there was no doubt that principal photography would be accomplished there as well. In order to bridge the two films artistically, Coogler brought together the talented creative team of costume designers Emma Potter (“Song One”) and Antoinette Messam (“Orphan”) and his “Fruitvale Station” team: editors Michael P. Shawver and Claudia Castello; production designer Hannah Beachler; and composer Ludwig Goransson.

To...

Wamg has your passes to one of the most anticipated films of 2015, Ryan Coogler’s Creed.

The film reunites Coogler with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed, and explores a new chapter in the “Rocky” story, starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone in his iconic role.

Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.

Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky (Stallone) down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo—the fierce...

“It’s about a rebirth of Rocky. I thought how interesting that someone of this generation would like a story that started two generations ago. Then I started becoming very intrigued.” – Sylvester Stallone on ‪Creed‬ and director Ryan Coogler.

Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan and director Ryan Coogler discuss the impact and legacy of the Rocky movies in this brand new featurette for Creed.

Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.

Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky (Stallone) down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis...

Fans of the Rocky films, get ready.

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first poster and TV spot, starring Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. Jordan, for the highly-anticipated movie, Creed.

Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.

Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky (Stallone) down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo—the fierce rival who became his closest friend. Agreeing to take him on, Rocky trains the young fighter, even as the former champ is battling...

Rocky is back!

Sylvester Stallone is Rocky Balboa and Michael B. Jordan is Adonis Johnson in the new trailer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema’s exciting upcoming drama Creed.

Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.

Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky (Stallone) down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo—the fierce rival who became his closest friend. Agreeing to take him on, Rocky trains the young fighter, even as the...

After making her producing debut with this year's Song One, Anne Hathaway has signed on to star in and produce the sci-fi comedy The Shower. The project isn't set up at a studio quite yet, with The Wrap reporting that producers first plan on finding a director and other stars before taking it out to studios. The Shower was written by Jac Schaeffer, which landed on The Blacklist as one of the industry's most well-regarded un-produced screenplays.

The Shower starts at a baby shower, where guests witness a meteor shower. The male guests all start transforming into aliens, as the women are forced to fight for their own survival, and save the world as well. No details were given for the role that Anne Hathaway will take on, and it isn't known how many supporting roles need to be filled.

Anne Hathaway will produce alongside her husband Adam Shulman, Andrew Lauren...

Shrunken Shakespeare Company presented theworld premiere reading of Chukwudi Iwuji's masterpiece screenplay Ira on June 8th, 2015.The reading was the centerpiece of the Ssc 2015 Spring Gala and was directed by Danya Taymor. The Creative Producer wasAdam Shulman Dukes of Hazard The Beginning, Song One starring Anne Hathaway, host of Ssc's Annual Benefit Gala and Staged Reading of at W83 150 West 83rd Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus. Scroll down for photos from the event...

Shrunken Shakespeare Company Yvonne Cone and Jennifer Martina, Co-Producing Artistic Directors and Creative Producer Adam Shulman Dukes of Hazard The Beginning, Song One starring Anne Hathaway to host Ssc's Annual Benefit Gala and Staged Reading of Chukwudi Iwuji's masterpiece screenplay Ira - on June 8th, 2015 at The Loft at West 83rd Street 150 West 83rd Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus.

This week’s new Blu-ray releases include a trio of big films that opened in theaters this past December, a groundbreaking documentary classic on Criterion, and more. Click on the links below to purchase: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet Combo Pack) - $27.99 (38% off) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD UltraViolet Combo Pack) - $24.96 (44% off) Into the Woods (Blu-ray + Digital HD) - $19.99 (50% off) Unbroken (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD with UltraViolet) - $19.99 (43% off) Song One [Blu-ray] - $13.59 (32% off) The Thin Blue Line [Blu-ray] (Criterion Collection) - $22.99 (42% off) Gates of Heaven/Vernon, Florida [Blu-ray] (Criterion Collection) - $27.59 (31% off)

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies We know this won't be the last we hear of The Hobbit as there will have to be the release of the extended edition and then there are box sets to consider, but we are getting closer to the end of our association with Middle Earth and it actually reminds me, what is Peter Jackson going to do nowc

Unbroken It's amazing to think that about a year ago we all thought this one had the best chance at winning Best Picture and now here we are, a year later and no one could really care less.

Into the Woods I really disliked this movie, but Mike, our resident lover of musicals, loved it. It's a story that cares nothing for its characters and feels like two movies smushed together to form a Frankenstein of a musical, and wow, the songs, I'm...

Some good news for a great film out of the Sundance Film Festival. Director Jim Strouse, who last played Sundance with the films The Winning Season and Grace Is Gone, returned this year with a film called People, Places, Things starring Jemaine Clement as a graphic artist/illustrator. The charming film was quite enjoyable, I would actually recommend it and I hope people get a chance to see it, a very amusing little romantic comedy. Deadline is reporting that up-and-coming distributor The Film Arcade has picked up People, Places, Things for a Us release, sometime this summer. The indie distributor is also releasing Sundance faves A.C.O.D., Song One, The Voices, They Came Together and Dinosaur 13. So keep an eye out. People, Places, Things stars Jemaine Clement along with Stephanie Allynne, Regina Hall, Jessica Williams, Derrick Arthur and Celia Au. I saw the film at Sundance and enjoyed it quite a bit,...

Oscar winner Anne Hathaway stars in the new film Song One, which she also produced with her husband Adam Shulman. The 32-year-old actress says she's impressed by her dog's smarts, admits when she's wrong, and a few other things when she chatted with People this week about "one last thing" … Last time I was injuredMy dog had minor surgery, and she had to wear a cone. She's really smart, so she figured out if she dug the cone into my leg, eventually I would take it off because I couldn't stand it anymore. She really bruised the front of my shin with one jab.

Starred Up Starred Up didn't make my top ten of 2014, but it was undoubtedly one of the better movies of last year and the best movie starring Jack O'Connell who is likely to get another career boost soon with '71 as Unbroken clearly didn't make his name known to the masses. I definitely recommend you search this one out, just too bad it looks like it is only getting a DVD release.

John Wick Solid little actioner and a perfect movie to watch at home. I'm not sure you need to buy it, but definitely give it a rent.

Dear White People The highlights to this release would appear to be the two commentary tracks, the first features writer/director Justin Simien along with cast members Tessa Thompson, Tyler James Williams, Teyonah Parris and Brandon Bell while Simien offers a second, solo commentary. I didn't receive a review copy so I haven't listened to either,...

Anne Hathaway's new romantic drama, Song One, follows a woman who uses music to attempt to awaken her brother from a coma. Now, we're taking you behind the scenes at the making of that music.

In the film, Anne plays Franny, an archaeology student who returns home to New York City to visit her musician brother Henry (Ben Rosenfield), who has fallen into a coma after a car accident. She embarks on a journey to use his favorite music to attempt to reach him, enlisting his favorite musician, James Forester (Johnny Flynn), and becoming close to the surprisingly shy rock star in the process.

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Music for the film was written by Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley, and her boyfriend, fellow musician Johnathan Rice. Watch the video to join the musicians and actors in the studio creating the soundtrack's soulful folky sound.

Song One is in theaters...

Bel Powley and Kristen Wiig star in Marielle Heller’s adaptation of Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel

Miranda Bailey is a veteran actress, writer, director and producer whose company Cold Iron Pictures just produced Marielle Heller’s “Diary of a Teenage Girl,” which premiered to strong reviews at Sundance on Saturday.

Bel Powley stars as the title character, who has an affair with her mother’s boyfriend, played by Alexander Skarsgard. Kristen Wiig co-stars in the film, which is being sold by UTA (domestic) and K5 (international).

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Final Update, Sunday Am: Warner Bros. is reporting that American Sniper will raise its domestic cume to $200.1M through Sunday after a massive $64.4M weekened at 3,705 theaters, the third-highest weekend ever in January, behind Sniper’s opening last weekend, and Avatar’s third Fss of $68.5M.

That figure, should it hold into tomorrow, marks a mere 28-percent slip – the best second-week hold for a wide release ever for a film that debuted with more than $85M. Previous to this, the best big debuts to hold an audience were 2004’s Shrek 2 (down 33 percent in its second frame) and 2002’s Spider-Man (down 38 percent). American Sniper is marching toward $300M, a mark only six Warner Bros. films have passed.

“Many exhibitors are hearing from their theater managers that the infrequent moviegoers who go only two to three times a year, are coming out to see this movie,” said Warner Bros. distribution chief Dan Fellman.

She's an actress, a singer, an Academy Award winner, and now Anne Hathaway can add producer to her growing list of credits. Her producing debut (a family affair as husband Adam Schulman is a co-producer) Song One is a heartfelt, indie drama about family, relationships, and just how much music affects our lives. 

And if producing for the first time wasn't enough of a challenge, she also chose a writer/director making her feature film debut. Hathaway previously met Katie Barker-Froyland when she worked as an assistant director on Hathaway's hit film The Devil Wears Prada (2006). But it was another director Jonathan Demme, who brought them together. During the Q & A that followed the screening at The Museum of the Moving Image, Hathaway revealed that her role as Kym in Demme's Rachel Getting Married ranks as her favorite. Knowing that Hathaway was looking for something to produce, he sent...

[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick, "Everly," is now available On Demand. Check out an exclusive clip below.] Starring Salma Hayek in the title role, "Everly" is a genre action film about a former Yakuza prostitute-informant who has dozens upon dozens of assassins descend upon her Los Angeles apartment. As she struggles to save her estranged mother and daughter, she blows away gangsters with machine guns in this simple-yet-satisfying (and progressive) take on the classic action flick. Watch the clip below for an exclusive look at Hayek screaming expletives while dodging explosives: Indiewire has partnered with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand for January's Indie Film Month. Enjoy exceptionally creative and uniquely entertaining new Indie releases ("Boyhood," "The Skeleton Twins," "Song One," and...

Has the world gotten nicer since 2013? Anne Hathaway does not think so.

In Song One, the actress took on a role that she really connected with and it made her reassess how she looked at life.

"For me, this movie is about a girl getting out of her own way and getting out of her own head. I was in the very early stages of that journey in my own life," she told the Associated Press. "It's not like the world has gotten nicer since 2013. I think it's about looking beyond your knee-jerk judgment about places and people and professions and actually experiencing something with an open heart."

Photos: The Stars Hit Sundance!

She plays the role of Franny, a Ph.D. candidate who returns home when she learns her brother is in a coma, and she gets involved with his favorite musician.

The 32-year-old asked the director Kate Barker-Froyland to be in the film, and she acknowledges...

She is certainly putting the bo (-hemain, that is) in hobo-chic! Anne Hathaway has been stepping out in full force to promote her latest film, Song One—and on the red carpet, she's slaying it big time. The woman wears a Calvin Klein dress like nobody's business, and she calls Valentino a dear friend. But since September, whenever Hathaway, 32, is spotted out on the streets of NYC, she's in… layers and layers of oversized everything. Que lunacy is this, you gorgeous woman! Let's discuss. Sept. 13: The slouchiest of beanies [...]...

[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick, "Song One," is available now On Demand. This interview originally ran during last year's Sundance Film Festival.] It's hard to believe, but it's been over a year since Anne Hathaway last graced the screen in "Les Misérables," the film that went on to win the actress her first Oscar. Since singing her way to glory as Fantine, Hathaway has maintained a low public profile, working on Christopher Nolan's hugely anticipated fall blockbuster "Interstellar" and diving into her first job as a producer on the low budget indie "Song One," in which she also stars. The film (written and directed by newcomer Kate Barker-Froyland) marks the first of Hathaway's to screen at the Sundance Film Festival. In the drama, Hathaway stars as Franny, an anthropologist who returns home to New York when an accident...

Title Track: Barker-Froyland’s Cloying Debut Plays Familiar Tune

“Sad song at night, hipster’s delight” should be the opening line in Kate Barker-Froyland’s mournful, musically inclined debut, Song One, headlined with wide-eyed sincerity by Anne Hathaway. There have been several indie music-driven, understated dramas recently, and the title premiered alongside Stuart Murdoch’s equally undernourished God Help the Girl at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Though Barker-Froyland at least canvasses the emotions that accompany the tragic situation at the dramatic heart of her film, its dramatic integrity seems to take a backseat to a more rewarding soundtrack from Johnny Flynn, who also stars. But one can languish in the strumming of melancholy inspiring folk music only for so long before this feels like a crutch that takes the place of material lacking in the narrative.

Henry (Ben Rosenfield) is an aspiring musical artist drifting around the orbit of his musical idol,...

John Guleserian has previously shot films including "Like Crazy," "Breathe In," "About Time," "Song One" and "Equals." With "The Overnight," he captures the intimacy and awkwardness of a family "playdate" in Los Angeles that gets increasingly weirder as the night progresses. What camera and lens did you use? We shot with two Canon C500's with Zeiss Superspeed Lenses, as well as a Canon 5D Mkiii with a Lomography 80mm Petzval Lens, and a GoPro for some underwater shots. This was the most difficult shot on my movie -- and this is how I pulled it off: It's hard to determine what the most difficult shot was on any movie. There is a montage in the middle of the movie where all four of our characters are in a swimming pool. We knew we wanted to have some underwater shots as part of this montage, but I was worried about...

One of the great pleasures of experiencing music, especially genres such as pop, or - more pertinently for this review - indie folk, lies in the familiarity of its forms. Like comfort food for the ears, they follow well-established stylistic contours with often very slight variations. Yet they reliably hit emotional sweet spots that allow you to forgive, or even overlook entirely, the fact that they offer few surprises or intellectual challenges.Much the same can be said of Song One, the debut feature of writer-director Kate Barker-Froyland. As the title indicates, it's a music-themed film, so much so that it's practically a full-on musical, only lacking the leads breaking out into fully choreographed performances. The musical mode here is earnest, heartfelt, New York-based indie folk....

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Anne Hathaway's new film, Song One, was a passion project in more ways than one. Not only did the heartfelt indie film shoot on a tight schedule with a meager budget, but Anne's husband, Adam Shulman, served as a coproducer with her on the drama. We talked to Anne about what she learned about her significant other by going into business with him and the songs that make her think about the early days of her romance. She also copped to being in an a cappella group in college - watch to find out which song she auditioned with! Song One is in theaters and on demand starting Friday.

Anne Hathaway.s new film, Song One, is an emotional tour-de-force that revolves around one sister.s attempt to reconnect with her brother, who is in a coma. But during the actress. promotional effort on Wednesday night.s episode of The Daily Show made it sound as if Song One is a laugh-a-minute comedy. That.s because she got the giggles and couldn.t stop chuckling during her discussion with Jon Stewart. (The laughs starting to come out about 2:20 into the clip) Anne Hathaway.s inappropriate bout of the giggles came as she tried to explain the plot to Song One, and, as you can see, it didn.t go too well. A little over two minutes after Jon Stewart had introduced Hathaway to his audience, the actress found herself chuckling. And she didn't stop. In fact, she laughed her way through the remainder of her Daily Show interview.

Anne Hathaway just can’t stop giggling!!

This is a very different Anne then we’re all used to seeing in interviews.

The actress, who usually is very composed when promoting her films, was unable to contain herself during an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. When she went on to promote her new film, Song One, she and Jon broke into uncontrollable laughter just minutes into the discussion of the plot.

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Though, the timing couldn't have been worse. It came right after the 32 year-old explained how her character’s brother gets hit by a car and is in a coma after they haven’t spoken for six months.

The audience, initially caught off-guard, weren't quite sure what to do. But eventually everyone was in giggle fits when the laughter became too infectious.

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Continuing her massive media tour, Anne Hathaway headed over to “The Daily Show” to chat with Jon Stewart about her new movie “Song One” on Wednesday (January 21).

And while the “Dark Knight Rises” star didn’t exactly set out to be hilarious, her description of the plot causes uncontrolled laughing for both herself and Stewart- “I play a young anthropologist getting her PhD in Morocco. Something happened to her when she was a teenager that made her grow up too fast so she became an adult very quickly very young.”

Hathaway continued, “And so she never kind of explored any part of her artistic side. And then her little brother, who is 19, calls her up to say, ‘I’m dropping out of college to become a musician,’ and she doesn’t react well. And they hadn’t spoken for six months. And then he gets hit by a car and is in a coma.

"Song One" is an 88 minute Brooklyn summer romance-indie-hipster drama starring Oscar winner Anne Hathaway (Franny), and West London folk singer, Johnny Flynn (James Forester). Franny, who is studying for her PhD in anthropology in Morocco, receives a call from her mother stating that her brother, Henry, has been hit by a car crossing the street, is in a coma in the hospital, and asks that she return to NYC.

Franny visits her brother in the hospital often, and by searching through his belongings, listening to songs he has played, musical videos he has recorded, and journal entries he has written, gets to know what his likes are and where his interests lie. She stumbles upon an unused ticket for a musician that he really respects, James Forester, at the Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street on June 1, 2013. She attends the show, and approaches the acoustic guitarist/violinist at the end, asking him if he might have known Henry personally. James did not know Henry personally, however, demonstrates empathy, and visits Franny, while she is visiting Henry in the hospital.

Franny and James begin reliving her brother’s Williamsburg musical lifestyle, while recording sounds of NYC that he might be familiar with, meanwhile, continuing to visit him in a coma, playing the recordings for him, and getting to know one another on a deeper, more personal level.

[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick, "The Mule," is available now On Demand. This interview originally ran last summer.] Co-directed by Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson, "The Mule" tells the story of a young man, played by Angus Sampson, who gets roped into transporting heroin for a friend. 20 condoms full, to be exact. After being detained by Australian airport authorities, however, Sampson's character must find the strength of a thousand men in order to keep his body from passing the drugs. In this exclusive clip from the film, the titular unlucky soul comes very close to getting caught. Indiewire has partnered with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand for January's Indie Film Month. Enjoy exceptionally creative and uniquely entertaining new Indie releases ("Boyhood," "The Skeleton Twins," "Song One," and more) all month...

The actress stopped by “The Daily Show” to promote her new film “Song One”

Jon Stewart welcomed Anne Hathaway to “The Daily Show” on Wednesday to promote her anything-but-funny new film, “Song One.” After rolling a super-serious snippet, the actress joined the funnyman at his Comedy Central desk where she somewhat spoiled a major plot point, which the two shared long bouts of silly laughter over.

In the movie, Hathaway plays an older-than-her-years anthropologist, whose younger brother drops out of college and (spoiler alert) gets hit by a car and goes into a coma.

Cut to last night, and the...

We all get the giggles sometimes—even Anne Hathaway, who couldn't stop laughing on The Daily Show Wednesday night after going over the very, very depressing summary of her upcoming film, Song One. "They haven't spoken for six months," she said on the show, describing the relationship between her and her brother in the film, "and then he gets hit by a car and is in a coma." She and Jon Stewart then looked at each other and burst out laughing in a fit that went on for about a minute. Watch Stewart try to turn their attention back to the serious movie.

Following 2014’s Song One and 2013’s Breathe In, cinematographer John Gulesarian returns to Sundance with his third film in three years, The Overnight. Directed by Patrick Brice and starring Adam Scott and Taylor Schilling, the film is set during a long Los Angeles night, one in which a chance encounter between two families leads to what the program calls “a painfully funny take on sexual frustration and parenthood.” The film premieres Friday, January 23 in the Dramatic Competition. Below Gulesarian talks about small crews, practical lights, and how a $10 piece of equipment can save the day. Filmmaker: How and […]...

Following 2014’s Song One and 2013’s Breathe In, cinematographer John Gulesarian returns to Sundance with his third film in three years, The Overnight. Directed by Patrick Brice and starring Adam Scott and Taylor Schilling, the film is set during a long Los Angeles night, one in which a chance encounter between two families leads to what the program calls “a painfully funny take on sexual frustration and parenthood.” The film premieres Friday, January 23 in the Dramatic Competition. Below Gulesarian talks about small crews, practical lights, and how a $10 piece of equipment can save the day. Filmmaker: How and […]...

Last night on The Daily Show, Anne Hathaway and Jon Stewart got a true case of the giggles. You've been there: Something happens, and for some reason, it is the funniest possible thing, so you laugh, and then the fact that you laugh makes you laugh more, and you literally cannot stop yourself. In this case, it was all set off by how incredibly serious Hathaway's new movie, Song One, sounds, and how casually she describes the plot to Jon. This proves that anything can be funny if you say it over and over again, even if it's describing your brother getting into a car accident and falling into a coma.

Anne Hathaway's charm offensive continues in full force! The Oscar winner turned up on The Daily Show Wednesday, Jan. 21 to promote her upcoming flick, Song One, but she couldn't help but laugh when describing its plot to Jon Stewart.  Starting her synopsis innocently enough, Hathaway, 32, shared how her anthropologist character's brother (Ben Rosenfield) drops out of college and (spoiler alert!) meets an unfortunate fate by the end of the film. "Her little brother, who is 19, calls her up and says 'I'm dropping out [...]...

The couple that works together stays together - at least that's the case for Anne Hathaway and husband Adam Shulman. Hathaway, 32, stars in the new film Song One, and one of her collaborators just so happened to be Shulman, who co-produced the indie drama from director Kate Barker-Froyland. "At first, I was curious how it would go. People always say don't work with your spouse," the actress told People Tuesday at the film's N.Y.C. premiere, sponsored by The Cinema Society and Tod's. "But I loved working with him. He's really good at this, and he's a wonderful producer.