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“When business in brothels is slow, that means the economy is on the ropes.” Those words, uttered by the indelible madame at the heart of director Eva Stefani’s “Days and Nights of Demetra K.,” offers a fitting introduction to the way in which the ups and downs in the life of a single sex worker mirror the larger political and economic uncertainties rattling post-crisis Greece.

Stefani’s feature-length debut, which has its premiere in the main competition at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, centers on the life of the titular Demetra K., who runs one of the oldest brothels in Athens. The film follows her throughout a turbulent period when the Greek economy is on the verge of collapse and a contentious law on prostitution threatens the world’s oldest profession in the cradle of Western civilization. Pic is produced by Amanda Livanou, of Neda Film, in co-production with Faliro House Productions...

Charli Xcx and Galantis have teamed up to create a buoyant theme song for Japan’s Super Nintendo World, which is set to open at Universal Studios Japan this summer.

The song, “We Are Born to Play,” was released as a music video previewing the park and its connection to Super Mario, with Charli Xcx hanging out with Toad on top of Peach’s castle.

Super Nintendo World will launch at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka ahead of the summer Olympics, which kick off in Tokyo in July. The video...

Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Alexandra McGuinness’ desert thriller She's Missing.

Described as a "complex portrait of female friendship and small-town yearning," the film stars Lucy Fry (Godfather of Harlem, Bright), Eiza Gonzalez (Hobbs & Shaw, Godzilla vs. Kong), Josh Hartnett (Oh Lucy!, Penny Dreadful) and Christian Camargo (See, Days and Nights).

It is written and directed by McGuinness and produced by Anna O’Malley, Dominic Wright and Eamonn Cleary.

The film featured at the Newport Beach Film Festival and the deal was brokered by Josh Spector from Vertical and CAA Media Finance.

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Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Alexandra McGuinness’ desert thriller She's Missing.

Described as a "complex portrait of female friendship and small-town yearning," the film stars Lucy Fry (Godfather of Harlem, Bright), Eiza Gonzalez (Hobbs & Shaw, Godzilla vs. Kong), Josh Hartnett (Oh Lucy!, Penny Dreadful) and Christian Camargo (See, Days and Nights).

It is written and directed by McGuinness and produced by Anna O’Malley, Dominic Wright and Eamonn Cleary.

The film featured at the Newport Beach Film Festival and the deal was brokered by Josh Spector from Vertical and CAA Media Finance.

Carnaby International, which is ...

Even with another flood of specialty film debuts, The Skeleton Twins, the dramedy starring Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, had another impressive box office showing in its third weekend. Meanwhile, another dozen films tried to elbow past last week’s 14 newcomers and numerous others already in the market, to middling success among those reporting.

Other than Twins, the holdovers that look like they’re gaining some autumnal momentum include IFC Films‘ The Trip To Italy with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, and more niche-oriented films such as American Experience/PBS Films’ doc Last Days In Vietnam and Oscilloscope’s Art And Craft. Starz Media also scored a robust gross for the second week of Not Cool, featuring YouTube star Shane Dawson, as it migrated east to New York and was also profiled on a Starz channel doc series.

CBS Films’ Pride can be proud of scoring the weekend’s highest average among new titles.

Birds of a Feather: Camargo’s Debut a Tepid Chekhovian Transplant

Contemporizing classic literature can be a tricky feat, though it more often than not seems unjustified. Actor Christian Camargo has reworked Anton Chekov’s classic play The Seagull for his directorial debut, Days and Nights, curiously setting the Russian tragedy in 1984 New England. With an extremely lucrative cast at hand, Camargo’s fiddling around with the text isn’t completely bereft of ingenious new ways to converse with Chekov’s classic, though more often than not, this is simply another tedious glimpse of familial dysfunction, relocated to the heart of a Wasp’s nest. While it isn’t necessary to be familiar with the material Camargo is in correspondence with, one’s awareness of it may impede rather than enhance this film, which often feels strained or confused upon comparison.

It’s Memorial Day Weekend in 1984, and famous...

Opening in theaters and VOD today, September 26, is Days And Nights - Brodway veteran Christian Camargo's directorial debut, inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. Set in rural New England in the 1980s, the film stars a slew of Broadway favorites, including Allison Janney, Cherry Jones, Mark Rylance and more. BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you an exclusive preview clip from the film below...

This weekend, Denzel Washington will stop at nothing to save Chloë Grace Moretz in the bloody action thriller "The Equalizer," a young boy tries to save his underground friends from an evil exterminator in the stop-motion animation movie "The Boxtrolls," the fourth season of "Once Upon a Time" premieres Sunday night on ABC, and the Golden Globe-winning comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" returns for its second season Sunday night on Fox.

Also in theaters this weekend: "The Two Faces of January" follows a con artist (Viggo Mortensen), his wife (Kirsten Dunst), and a stranger (Oscar Isaac) who flee Athens after getting caught up in the death of a private detective. "Pride" is a comedy-drama that follows U.K. gay activists working to help miners during their prolonged strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984. "Days and Nights" follows a family dealing with desire and the fragility of love over one weekend.

Every Chekhov adaptation presents unhappiness in its own way, albeit typically at a country house where a tense family gathering exposes each character's underlying discontent. Loosely based on The Seagull, writer and director Christian Camargo's debut feature, Days and Nights, unfolds during Memorial Day 1984, when Reagan's America offered Cold War propaganda, a deadly immunodeficiency virus, and an atmosphere of stifled creativity. There's a touch of Grey Gardens to the New England lake house owned by Elizabeth (Allison Janney), an actress who brings her latest paramour home for the holiday weekend. Camargo casts himself as the outsider, Peter, a Hollywood director who becomes the focus of desire, resentment, and hostility. Peter immediately senses a ruin...

IFC Films has released the first trailer and poster for the upcoming independent drama Days and Nights, inspired by Anton Chekhov's story The Seagull.

Set in 1980s New England, the story follows a movie star (Allison Janney), who brings her new boyfriend to a family retreat on Memorial Day weekend that turns disastrous. Christian Camargo co-stars and makes his directorial debut with this adaptation, which also stars Katie Holmes, Ben Whishaw, Jean Reno, William Hurt, Juliet Rylance, Michael Nyqvist, Cherry Jones, Russell Means and Mark Rylance, arriving in theaters and on VOD platforms September 26.

Days and Nights is writer/director Christian Camargo's directorial debut, inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Seagull and set in rural New England in the 1980s. The film centers around Elizabeth (Allison Janney), a movie star, who brings her paramour Peter to her lakeside estate to visit her family on Memorial Day weekend. The...

The sold-out London production of David Hare’s critically acclaimed Skylight will try its luck on Broadway with the same two stars who packed the house in the West End this summer.

Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy will reprise their roles in Tony-winning director Stephen Daldry’s production of Skylight, opening April 2 at the John Golden Theatre. Previews for the 13-week limited engagement will begin on March 16, with a slated end date of June 14.

Mulligan plays Kyra Hollis, a schoolteacher who receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, recently widowed restaurateur Tom Sergeant (Nighy). On a cold London night,...

IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Christian Camargo’s story inspired by Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.

Katie Holmes, William Hurt and Allison Janney star in the 1980s-set story of a fading star at the centre of a dysfunctional family visit.

Rounding out the key cast are Cherry Jones, Russell Means, Michael Nyqvist, Jean Reno, Juliet Rylance, Mark Rylance and Ben Whishaw.

Juliet Rylance and Barbara Romer produced the film, which will be released theatrically and on VOD on September 26. ICM Partners represented the filmmakers in the deal.

Factory 25 has acquired North American rights to the comedy Hellaware, Michael M Bilandic’s comedy inspired by the New York art scene and the band Insane Clown Posse. The story of a photographer who becomes seduced by success stars Keith Poulson and Sophia Takal and will open theatrically on September 26, three days after digital launch.

IFC Films has acquired the North American rights to the drama “Days and Nights,” starring Katie Holmes, the company announced Thursday. William Hurt, Allison Janney and Ben Wishaw co-star in writer-director Christian Camargo's film inspired by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's play “The Seagull.” Also read: Katie Holmes Vigilante Comedy ‘Miss Meadows’ Lands U.S. Distribution Set in rural New England in the 1980s, “Days and Nights” is centered around a fading movie star who brings her paramour to her lakeside estate to visit her ailing brother and son, a fledgling artist, over Memorial Day Weekend. Reckless desire leads...

Entertainment One has picked up North American rights to fashion documentary "Dior And I" for a theatrical release later this year. Frederic Tcheng's behind-the-scenes dock looks at the creation of Raf Simons’ first Haute Couture collection for the House of Christian Dior.

Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights for Susanna Fogel's "Life Partners". Leighton Meester, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Brody and Gabourey Sidibe star in the story of a straight woman and a lesbian best friend who find their relationship dynamics changing after the former falls for a new man.

Lionsgate has acquired U.K. rights to Adam Smith's directorial debut "Trespass Against Us" which begins shooting this Summer. Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Lyndsey Marshal and Rory Kinnear star in the story of three generations of the rowdy outlaw Cutler family.

The Weinstein Company has payed an estimated $3 million for U.S. rights to the Irish filmmaker John Carney...

Exclusive: Christian Camargo’s film is inspired by Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.

Spotlight Pictures has secured international rights to Christian Camargo’s Days And Nights starring Jean Reno, Katie Holmes and William Hurt.

The film is inspired by Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull and follows a family of eccentrics, each in love with an unrequited “other”, who strive to make sense of their own reckless and at times comically absurd desires.

Juliet Rylance produces with Barbara Romer and also stars in the film.

Carlos Rincon brokered the deal on behalf of Spotlight with ICM Partners.

Comedic legend Dan Aykroyd is in talks to join Tammy along with Allison Janney who is also in talks to appear in New Line’s Melissa McCarthy upcoming project. They’ll both star opposite McCarthy herself, Ben Falcone, Susan Sarandon and Mark Duplass. McCarthy and Falcone stand behind the Tammy script with Falcone on board to direct the whole thing. The flick will feature McCarthy as a fast food restaurant employee who, after finding that her husband is cheating on her, quits her job and decides to drive to Mount Rushmore to rediscover herself, but with her alcoholic, foul-mouthed, diabetic grandmother (Sarandon) who insists on making the...

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Twilight stars Kristen Stewart (Bella) and Christian Camargo (Eleazar - Denali Coven) have both donated some major items for charity auction. Stewart donated her 1.15 carat pavé diamond bracelet and .02 carat avanyu ring, the paired value of which is estimated at $20,000, for auction to benefit the organization Children of the Night. Included in the jewelry package is a signed portrait as well, and you can bid on at Charity Buzz until Feb. 27. View slideshow: Kristen Stewart Meanwhile, Camargo's donation is for two tickets to a private spring screening of his own directorial debut, The Untitled Christian Camargo Project which stars Katie Holmes, Jean Reno and Allison Janney in New York City. The film's ...

Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise stepped out together in NYC on Sunday. Katie made sure to hold Suri's hand while also clutching an item from the little one's stuffed animal collection. Suri, meanwhile, kept warm in the frigid city while wearing a panda hat. Earlier in the weekend, Katie grabbed lunch with a friend, but without Suri. Katie's been keeping busy these past few weeks despite her play Dead Accounts closing earlier than expected. Katie announced that she has signed a beauty deal with Alterna that will make her a spokeswoman for the hair care brand and part-owner. Further into 2013, Katie has the release of her still-untitled film loosely based on Chekhov's The Seagull to get excited about. View Slideshow ›...

New York -- If you want to get a good idea of Katie Holmes, actress – as opposed to tabloid star – you can't do any better than "Pieces of April," a gem from 2003 in which she plays a ponytailed and tattooed New Yorker desperately trying to prove herself to her visiting suburban family with an improvised, downtown Thanksgiving dinner.

This was back when Holmes was transitioning out of "Dawson's Creek," that teenage soap of a fictional New England coastal town childhood. But Holmes had already amassed an early filmography that any young actress would envy, including "The Ice Storm," "Go" and "Wonder Boys."

The budget for "Pieces of April" started at $6 million, but dwindled to $300,000 and was shot over just 16 days. Writer-director Peter Hedges recalls shooting in "condemnable" buildings with paint dropping off the walls of Holmes' makeshift dressing room.

"You learn a lot about a person's character when you work in those conditions,...

As Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes prepare for their own personal "War of the Worlds" in divorce court, the Kat part of the TomKat equation is growling awfully loud via her new screen endeavor.

In a case of art sticking its middle finger at life, People reports that 33-year-old Holmes is co-writing and co-producing a new film titled "Molly," which follows a single mother and her daughter. How Suri-prising.

The sure-to-be controversial conversation stirrer will lens through August in New York City, where she and 6-year-old daughter Suri share a brand spanking new $12,000 a month apartment.

The Big Apple is also where Holmes' first court hearing for sole custody occurs on July 17, assuming Cruise and his top gun law team led by attorney Bert Fields don't tractor beam the case to California like some litigating Death Star.

However, recent reports from the Daily Mail indicate that legal teams from both...

Tom Cruise forbade Katie Holmes from appearing in a Dawson's Creek Reunion film, Us Weekly has claimed.

The magazine reports that when Holmes was approached about possibly reuniting with her former costars James Van Der Beek and Joshua Jackson, Cruise vetoed the idea.

A source told the new issue of Us Weekly: "Tom said absolutely no way and thought going backward would be bad."

Holmes starred as girl-next-door Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek for six seasons and, in a November 2011 appearance on Good Morning America, said a reunion movie "would be fun. I had so much fun working on that show and I loved everyone so much and I think about it with such fond memories".

Holmes filed for divorce in New York City on 28 June after five years of marriage to Cruise and is now said to be planning a return to the acting world.

She just wrapped a...

Katie Holmes paired a semisheer shirt with her favorite necklace, bearing the letter S for her daughter, Suri, yesterday in NYC. She and Suri headed out for dinner, and later grabbed ice cream before calling it a night. Katie's back in the Us again after a trip last week to China, where she made multiple promotional appearances for Artistry on Ice. She was busy with photo ops and press events, and her husband, Tom Cruise, was similarly engaged. Tom premiered Rock of Ages in London and La, and made a stop in the Big Apple to pick up an award from the Friars Club. Tom also fit in some time on the set of his latest picture, Oblivion. He's in the South now working on the thriller, and even got to play real-life hero. Tom offered his private jet to a crew worker who was injured in an accident! Likewise,...

Katie Holmes carried Suri Cruise in a leopard print blanket yesterday as they left their NYC apartment. This morning, the girls were on the go again and boarded a helicopter on their way out of the city. The girls have been jetting between the Big Apple, Connecticut, and Louisiana recently. Katie has been working on a big-screen adaptation of The Seagull in Kent, Ct, while her husband Tom Cruise shoots Oblivion in New Orleans. He should be back up north in the coming days, though. Tom Cruise will receive the Icon Award from The Friars Club on Monday evening in Manhattan. View Slideshow ›...

Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise went on a walk in NYC today. The mother and daughter were hand in hand as they strolled the city streets, and Katie even gave Suri a lift into a waiting car as they headed to their next destination. Katie and Suri are back at their home base in the Big Apple after spending the last few days in Connecticut, where Katie is shooting her latest movie The Seagull. The big-screen adaptation of the Chekhov play is her first movie role since the comedy Jack & Jill. While she is back to work, Tom Cruise is in the midst of filming his new thriller Oblivion in Louisiana. He's also gearing up for next month's release of Rock of Ages. Tom's role as a musician will give him the chance to show off his singing chops, and according to some early pictures and footage from the movie,...

Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise landed in NYC by helicopter last night. Suri carried her own luggage off the flight, while Katie got a helping hand from the airport staff. Soon after their arrival, Suri was spotted snacking on an ice cream cone. There may be more treats in store for Suri, since she'll be celebrating her sixth birthday tomorrow! Katie and Suri have been on the go lately, and visited Tom on location earlier this month. He's filming Oblivion in Baton Rouge, but took a break from work to tour the area with family, including Katie's parents Kathleen and Martin. Katie will be the one on set soon though, since she's signed on to star in The Seagull, which will reportedly begin production later this Summer just after Tom's Rock of Ages hits theaters. View Slideshow ›...