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Denis Villeneuve recently revealed that he does not intend on helming a different film first, and his adaptation of Dune: Messiah (though the movie will likely end up being titled Dune: Part 3) will be his next project. Production is expected to get underway later this year, and we now have word on the return of a certain character from the first movie.

Though this won't come as a surprise to anyone who has read Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi saga, here's your Spoiler warning just in case.

Jason Momoa's Duncan Idaho was killed off towards the end of Dune: Part One, but Jeff Sneider has now confirmed that the Aquaman star will reprise the role for the third film.

How does Duncan return after what looked like such a definitive death? Well, in the Dune universe, an artificial copy (not exactly a clone) of a deceased person known as...

Melanie Dicks, a UK producer who championed sustainability and the portrayal of social issues on screen, has died aged 60.

The award-winning producer died on February 7 after battling illness for more than a year, according to her family.

Dicks was managing partner at Fingerprint Content, a production company she co-founded in 2020 with Jess Hines, Lia Walton and former US secretary of state John Kerry, with a mission to tackle social issues such as inequality and climate change. Recent credits included psychological thriller The Eye and Indian series Defenders Of Planet Earth.

Born in Bristol in 1965, Dicks began her career as a trainee at the BBC,...

Dune and Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve has stated that he has no intention of helming any more movies in the franchise after his planned Dune: Messiah adaptation, but that doesn't mean Warner Bros. will stop after three!

According to scooper Daniel Richtman, the studio is planning to move forward with at least one more Dune movie, and they might be looking at Gareth Edwards to take the helm.

The scooper believes that there's interest in Edwards - who also has Jurassic World Rebirth coming out later this year - stepping in to direct, but isn't sure if he's actually in talks.

The first two movies were big successes, but a fourth chapter would still be somewhat surprising given the direction Frank Herbert's saga goes in after the second book. Villeneuve has shown little interest in adapting the later novels, Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune,...

by Cláudio Alves

The past is never gone. You think it is, fall into the comfort of believing it dormant, but one day, it awakens and rocks the foundations of the now. This is true of historical cycles, of political waves and culture and vales. It's true of love affairs, too. Of marriage and cinema. 45 Years is a rumination on such ideas, having premiered at the Berlinale a decade ago today, where it signaled the maturation of Andrew Haigh into one of Britain's most essential filmmakers after his promising beginnings in the realm of queer cinema - Greek Pete and Weekend. It also brought Charlotte Rampling out of the rarefied, vaguely alienated, auteurist plane she existed within for many decades, turning her into someone less adventurous cinephiles came to know and cherish.

She also became a first-time Oscar nominee thanks to Haigh's creation. 45 Years remains the crowning achievement of her career,...

Exclusive: In the wake of scoring a Golden Globe win for Demi Moore in its first big theatrical release The Substance, Mubi has hired former IFC Films president Arianna Bocco as its new SVP of Global Distribution.

Bocco will report directly to Jason Ropell, Mubi’s Chief Content Officer. U.S. Distribution will continue to be led by Mark Boxer; Bocco and Boxer had a long run together at IFC. Bocco will be at Sundance on behalf of Mubi where Amalia Ulman’s Magic Farm will receive its world premiere. Boxer will lead U.S. distribution under Bocco.

On deck for Mubi in the near future are such titles as Kelly Reichart’s The Mastermind and Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother.

The role is a new post, based in New York, that will enable the streaming and theatrical company to take a greater footing handling the foreign distribution of its titles.

Dune and Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve has stated that he has no intention of helming any more movies in the franchise after his planned Dune: Messiah adaptation, but that doesn't mean Warner Bros. will stop making them!

According to scooper Daniel Richtman (and backed up by a report from World of Reel), the studio is planning to move forward with at least one more Dune movie and a second TV series.

HBO's Dune: Prophecy was not as acclaimed as the films, but it reportedly did pretty well from a viewership standpoint.

The first two movies were big successes, but a fourth chapter would still be somewhat surprising given the direction Frank Herbert's saga goes in after the second book. Villeneuve has shown little interest in adapting the later novels, Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune, as he feels the story starts to become too "esoteric.

“Spectacular size and complete focus across the screen,” announced a promotional advertisement in 1954. “The ultimate in film presentation that will thrill all your senses and touch all your emotions. VistaVision!”

Developed by Paramount Pictures 70 years ago, the cinematic format tempted

audiences to experience bolder, higher-resolution images in the movie theater. The process was invented by changing how the negative was fed through the camera. Instead of the celluloid strip running vertically – think of a film still with four sprocket holes on each side – the negative was fed horizontally, with eight sprocket holes on the top and bottom. Such as this:

The larger format yielded a richer, more detailed image. Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” and “Vertigo” were among the movies filmed in VistaVision before it lost popularity due to the advance of film stock technology.

“It was one of those formats, like CinemaScope, that was almost designed to draw...

Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve recently shared a positive update on Warner Bros.' plans for a third movie, confirming that the script for an adaptation of Dune: Messiah is officially in the works.

Villeneuve also confirmed (though it really didn't come as much of a surprise) that Anya Taylor-Joy will return as Alia Atreides following her brief cameo in the last movie.

In Part One, we learn that Paul Atreides' mother, the Bene Gesserit Lady Jessica, is pregnant with the late Duke Leto's child. When the Fremen take in the survivors of the Harkonnen massacre, Jessica agrees to become the tribe's new Reverend Mother (she isn't really given a choice) and is "persuaded" to drink the Water of Life (a blue substance that's been extracted from a juvenile sandworm).

This gives Jessica incredible foresight and knowledge of previous generations, while also awakening similar abilities in her unborn daughter,...

We knew from the moment we first saw All Of Us Strangers all the way back in January that Andrew Haigh's film, a haunting queer romance centred around Andrew Scott's isolated writer Adam and the connection he makes with Paul Mescal's sad-eyed drifter Harry, was special. Is it a ghost story? A fever dream? A tangible construct formed of a grieving man's subconscious? We didn't — and still don't truly — know, but by God we felt every exquisite moment of its magnetising melancholy, its smouldering sensuality. So much so that when we came to write Empire's 'Best Movies Of 2024 (So Far)' list in June, Haigh's movie sat comfortably in podium place on the list. And now, a full twelve months since the movie first released stateside, All Of Us Strangers has taken root even deeper in our hearts — and soared right to the top of our Best Movies Of 2024 list.

Dune and Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve has often mentioned that he is (or was) a huge Star Wars fan, and has even suggested that George Lucas' original trilogy was an early influence on his decision to pursue a career as a filmmaker.

Despite his love for the franchise, Villeneuve has now explained why he has no interest in directing a movie set in the galaxy far, far away.

While chatting to The Town Podcast, Villeneuve said directing a Star Wars movie simply isn't "a dream of his" because "Star Wars became crystallized in its own mythology, very dogmatic, it seemed like a recipe, no more surprises."

He also feels that Return of the Jedi derailed the franchise back in 1983.

“I was the target audience. I was 10 years old. It went to my brain like a silver bullet. I became obsessed with Star Wars. I mean, The Empire Strikes Back...

“The Brutalist” cinematographer Lol Crawley will be honored with the Robby Müller Award at the 54th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which runs Jan. 30 – Feb. 9.

The award acknowledges the “artistry of an exceptional image maker,” and is given in collaboration with the Netherlands Society of Cinematographers and Andrea Müller-Schirmer, the wife of the late Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller.

The award will be accompanied by a talk from Crawley during the festival, as well as a screening of “The Brutalist,” which marks the Dutch premiere of the film.

The jury for this year’s Robby Müller Award noted: “Lol Crawley’s camera is dedicated to the story and characters in a way that is both humble and ardent. It forms a close, dynamic relationship with them. His sensual cinematography embraces the environment as unpredictable and fluid and aims to align with its flow rather than confine it to a predefined frame.

Despite the first Dune movie picking up a nomination for Best Picture at the 2022 Academy Awards, Denis Villeneuve was not nominated for Best Director. Understandably, this didn't sit very well with a lot of people - including star Josh Brolin.

Brolin, who played loyal Atreides War Master Gurney Halleck in both movies, was very vocal about Villeneuve being overlooked the first time, and is even more adamant that the filmmaker should be recognized by the Academy for his work on recent sequel, Dune: Part Two.

“If he doesn’t get nominated this year, I’ll quit acting,” Brolin tells Variety. “It was a better movie than the first one. When I watched it, it felt like my brain was broken open. It’s masterful, and Denis is one of our master filmmakers. If the Academy Awards have any meaning whatsoever, they’ll recognize him.”

We're sure Brolin won't actually retire if Villeneuve isn't nominated,...

Cinematographer Lol Crawley will receive the 2025 Robby Müller Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), which recognizes his outstanding contributions to visual storytelling in cinema.

The award, named after the great Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller, is given annually to a “image composer who has created an authentic, credible, and emotionally striking visual language.” Crawley, noted for his work on highly acclaimed films such as 45 Years, The Devil All The Time, and White Noise, will be recognized during the festival’s 2019 edition, which runs from January 30 to February 9.

His most recent film, The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet and starring Adrien Brody, displays Crawley’s unique style. The film was shot on 35 mm film with antique 1950s VistaVision cameras specifically chosen to replicate the period’s original visual look.

The festival jury applauded Crawley’s cinematographic technique, stating that his camerawork is “dedicated to the story and characters in a humble and ardent way.

Lol Crawley, Dp on Brady Corbet’s acclaimed Oscar contender The Brutalist, will receive the 2025 Robby Müller Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in January.

The honor, named for the late legendary Dutch cinematographer of Paris, Texas, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark and Mystery Train, is presented annually to an “an image maker who has created an authentic, credible and emotionally striking visual language.”

Crawley will attend IFFR in January to give a talk on his work as well as present a screening of The Brutalist, which will celebrate its Dutch premiere at the festival.

Crawley, a BAFTA and Independent Spirt Award nominee, lensed Corbet’s previous features, Vox Lux (2018) and The Childhood of a Leader (2015), and is known for his work on such features as Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years (2015), Antonio Campos’ The Devil All The Time (2020), and Noah Baumbach’s White Noise (2022).

The Brutalist...

Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve recently shared a positive update on Warner Bros.' plans for a third movie, confirming that the script for an adaptation of Dune: Messiah is officially in the works.

Though the filmmaker hasn't full committed to helming the project, we'd be very surprised if he didn't return to finish his take on this saga - although, if and when he does, he won't actually consider it a trilogy.

“First, it’s important that people understand that for me, it was really a diptych,” Villeneuve says of the first two movies during an interview with Vanity Fair. “It was really a pair of movies that will be the adaptation of the first book. That’s done and that’s finished. If I do a third one, which is in the writing process, it’s not like a trilogy. It’s strange to say that, but if I go back there,...

Although Dune: Part Two didn't reach $1 billion at the global box office as some had predicted (always a long shot in the current climate), it did pass $700 million worldwide, meaning a third film based on Frank Herbert's second novel, Dune: Messiah, always seemed likely.

Part Three still hasn't been officially greenllt by the studio, but director Denis Villeneuve has now shared a very positive update on Warner Bros.' plans for the final chapter.

While speaking to Variety at TIFF, the filmmaker confirmed that the script for Dune: Part Three is officially "in the works."

#Dune director Denis Villeneuve says that the script for the third film is "in the works." #TIFF https://t.co/5iTjRpVd1p pic.twitter.com/FPKDv3zPoT

— Variety (@Variety) September 8, 2024

This is obviously a strong indication that Villeneuve intends to return to complete the trilogy, but he hasn't always sounded too certain about it.

Four U.K. genre-bending titles from Zu Quirke (“Nocturne”), Corinna Faith (“The Power”), Anna Fredrikke Bjerke (writer of Netflix’s “Midsummer Night”) and Ashley Horner will be teased to potential Nordic partners Aug. 21, at the 19th Nordic Co-production Market in Haugesund, Norway.

The curated pitch slate forms the industry centrepiece of the second U.K. Focus, organised by Haugesund’s industry event New Nordic Films, in partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI).

“We are looking forward to the second U.K. Focus at Haugesund’s Nordic Co- Production Market, sparking co-production conversations for the participating U.K. producer/director teams in meeting potential Nordic partners,” said Denitsa Yordanova, head of the UK Global Screen Fund (Ukgsf), which is financed via the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) and administered by the BFI.

“The Nordics offers a very vibrant ecosystem of talents and co-production partners with strong track records.

Filmmakers James Gray, Andrew Haigh and Agnieszka Holland have joined the main competition jury of the 81st Venice Film Festival (August 28-September 7).

They are joined by Brazilian director and screenwriter Kleber Mendonça Filho; Mauritanian director, screenwriter and producer Abderrahmane Sissako; Italian director and screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore; German director and screenwriter Julia von Heinz; and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.

As previously announced, the jury will be chaired by Isabelle Huppert, and award the Golden Lion for best film and the other official awards.

Gray’s Ad Astra screened in competition at Venice in 2019, and his directorial debut Little Odessa received the...

IFC Films has acquired the North American rights to “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point,” a holiday season dramedy that had its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The film was directed by Tyler Taormina (“Ham on Rye”) and stars newcomer Matilda Fleming, as well as Michael Cera (“Barbie”), Francesca Scorsese (“We Are Who We Are”), Gregg Turkington (“Ant-Man”), Elsie Fisher (“Eighth Grade”), Sawyer Spielberg (“Masters of the Air’) and Maria Dizzia (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”). IFC will release “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” later this year on Nov. 15.

The film kicks off as a rambunctious extended family arrives at their Long Island hometown for the holidays. But before the night is over, two teenage cousins use the chaos sparked by the yuletide reunion to sneak out into the wintry night and make the holiday their own.

“’Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ is a special treat which invites...

"Vanishing Point" isn't exactly a mainstream classic, but for a portion of moviegoers who like to see cars go fast and people do drugs, it's pretty much unmissable. Based on that description alone, it makes sense that the cult film's audience grew when it was directly referenced in Quentin Tarantino's 2007 road slasher film "Death Proof." Other directors who are major fans of the film include Edgar Wright and Steven Spielberg, who once told Entertainment Weekly it was one of his favorite movies.

The 1971 film didn't feature many stars, but did include a handful of actors who would become famous for other projects in the years following the film. Cleavon Little, who played radio DJ Super Soul in the film, went on to star in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" three years later, while actress Charlotte Rampling, who was Oscar nominated for her work in "45 Years" in 2016, apparently appeared as...

Dune: Part Two has been available to purchase on Digital services for almost a month now, but Warner Bros. has finally announced a streaming date for Denis Villeneuve's critically-acclaimed sci-fi sequel.

Fans will get to return to Arrakis from the comfort of their couches very soon, as Dune: Part Two is set to premiere on Max next Tuesday, May 21.

Although the movie didn't reach $1 billion as some predicted (always a long shot in the current box office climate), it did pass $700 million worldwide, meaning a third film based on Frank Herbert's second novel, Dune: Messiah, is likely.

Part Three hasn't been officially greenllt, but is believed to be in the early stages of development - though there's no guarantee that Villeneuve will to return to complete the trilogy.

“If we go back, it needs to be real, it needs to be relevant," the filmmaker told Empire in a recent interview.

Exclusive: Ben Stiller and Oscar nominee Colin Farrell have been confirmed to star in Andrew Haigh’s true crime story Belly of the Beast as mk2 films, UTA Independent Film Group, CAA Media Finance and Village Roadshow Pictures board sales for a Cannes launch.

Rumors of their involvement in the project surfaced at the beginning of the year and now the sales partners have unveiled the full details ahead of rolling out it to buyers in the South of France next week.

Bafta nominee Haigh will direct the film, which he and Alexis Jolly adapted from Jerome Loving’s nonfiction book, Jack and Norman: A State-Raised Convict and the Legacy of Norman Mailer’s ‘The Executioner’s Song.’

Per the official synopsis the feature will tell the timely and true story of the unlikely friendship between notorious literary titan Norman Mailer (Stiller) and his protégé, Jack Henry Abbott (Farrell).

Bolstered by Mailer’s mentorship,...

Anya Taylor-Joy makes a very brief appearance in Dune: Part Two, but if and when Denis Villeneuve returns to helm his adaptation of Dune: Messiah, the Furiosa star will have a much more substantial role.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, spoilers follow.

In Part One, we learn that Paul Atreides' mother, the Bene Gesserit Lady Jessica, is pregnant with the late Duke Leto's child. When the Fremen take in the survivors of the Harkonnen massacre, Jessica agrees to become the tribe's new Reverend Mother (she isn't really given a choice) and is "persuaded" to drink the Water of Life (a blue substance that's been extracted from a juvenile sandworm).

This gives Jessica incredible foresight and knowledge of previous generations, while also awakening similar abilities in her unborn daughter, who begins to communicate with and seemingly influence her mother's actions.

When Paul ingests the same liquid later on in the movie,...

Is one renaissance man about to take on another? Apparently so, as IndieWire has confirmed that Andrew Haigh has been tapped to helm a highly anticipated adaptation of Walter Isaacson’s lauded 2017 biography of Leonardo Da Vinci. Paramount had initially won the film rights when the book was first released and even cast the world’s 2nd most famous Leonardo, Di Caprio, in the lead role. Unfortunately, its version eventually went into turnaround allowing Universal to swoop in (perhaps with the use of Da Vinci’s ornithopter) and create a fresh package with Haigh. Initially it was announced that Christopher Hampton would be scripting the piece, but with Haigh now onboard, Universal looks to be giving him full creative oversight, perhaps in an effort to summon the spirit of Da Vinci himself.

Walter Isaacson is the preeminent biographer of the modern era. The former CEO of CNN and editor of Time,...

Universal Pictures has tapped renowned British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers) to write and direct a Leonardo da Vinci film based on Walter Isaacson’s bestselling 2017 biography of the artist, Deadline can confirm.

Based on thousands of pages from Da Vinci’s notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, the biography looks to connect his art to his science, showing how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.

An icon of the Italian Renaissance, Da Vinci was not only a prolific painter but also a polymath excelling in various fields including science, engineering, and anatomy. His masterpieces, the “Mona Lisa,” and “The Last Supper” are among the most recognizable and influential works of art in history.

Christopher Hampton wrote a previous draft of the Da Vinci script.

Universal Pictures has found its director for the high-priority Leonardo da Vinci film. “All of Us Strangers” helmer Andrew Haigh has signed on to direct and adapt Walter Isaacson’s acclaimed biography of the Renaissance man.

Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Isaacson’s book became one of the hottest literary properties when it hit the market in 2017. At the time, Universal was outbid by Paramount, which developed the project with Leonardo DiCaprio for years before putting it in turnaround. Universal quietly picked it up last year. The runaway bestseller connects da Vinci’s transcendent art, which includes the Mona Lisa painting hanging in the Louvre, to his trailblazing science — and shows how his genius was driven by an insatiable curiosity, careful observation and a whimsical imagination. The Italian icon lived from 1452-1519 during the height of the Renaissance,...

Fans who are eager to experience—or re-experience—Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Dune: Part Two in IMAX will have even further opportunities to view the film in theaters as the critically acclaimed blockbuster extends its run in the format’s top 20 markets across North America. Beginning Friday, April 19, fans will have two additional weeks to see the film in IMAX.

This includes 70Mm IMAX in two locales: Los Angeles’s Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk and New York City’s AMC Lincoln Square 13. The announcement was made today by Jeff Goldstein, President, Domestic Distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures.

“The incredible response to this film has proven that Denis Villeneuve has crafted an unmissable cinematic experience for audiences, whether they are fans of the first film or discovering this world for the first time through ‘Dune: Part Two,'” said Goldstein.

“The fans have spoken, and we, along with...

Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Feb 2-4) Total gross to date Week 1. Migration (Universal) £3.6m £3.6m 1 2. Argylle (Universal) £1.8m £2m 1 3. Mean Girls (Paramount) £842,000 £6.8m 3 4. All Of Us Strangers (Disney) £797,004 £2.8m 2 5. The Zone Of Interest (A24) £596,565 £595,565 1

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Migration trumped Universal stablemate Argylle to top the UK-Ireland box office this weekend; as Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest made an excellent start in just 106 cinemas.

It was lovely weather for ducks as animation Migration opened to £3.6m. Playing in 597 sites, it took a £5,951 site average. Its takings were down on those from Illumination’s Minions series; but...

RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Jan 26-28)Total gross to dateWeek 1. Mean Girls (Paramount) £1.5m £5.5m 2 2. Wonka (Warner Bros) £1m £59.8m 8 3. All Of Us Strangers (Disney) £1m £1.2m 1 4. Anyone But You (Sony) £817,810 £8.4m 5 5. Poor Things (Disney) £690,000 £5.1m 3

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Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers scored an excellent £1m opening at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend as Mean Girls held top spot.

Paramount’s Mean Girls added £1.5m – a 40% drop that was soft enough for a second weekend atop the charts. The musical comedy is now up to £5.5m, and will overtake the £5.7m total of...

Event cinema title Dear England is the widest new release at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, playing in 716 UK venues through National Theatre Live.

The play first screened in 694 venues yesterday (Thursday 25), grossing £541,000 with several venues still to report. As well as cinemas, it is screening in many non-cinema venues such as community centres and village halls.

Dear England is a recording of James Graham’s play, following the fortunes of the England men’s football team across three tournaments: the 2018 World Cup, the 2020 European Championships, and the 2022 World Cup.

Directed by Rupert Goold and starring Joseph Fiennes as England manager Gareth Southgate,...

Event cinema title Dear England is the widest new release at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, playing in around 800 UK cinemas through National Theatre Live.

The play first screened in 694 cinemas yesterday (Thursday 25), grossing £541,000 with several venues still to report. The exact weekend location number is to be confirmed; should it be above the 777 sites of James Bond film No Time To Die from 2021, it would be the widest opening ever in UK-Ireland cinemas.

Dear England is a recording of James Graham’s play, following the fortunes of the England men’s football team across three tournaments: the 2018 World Cup,...

All of Us Strangers is considered one of the biggest snubs at the 2024 Oscars by Metacritic. The Andrew Haigh movie, which has a Metacritic score of 89, was added to their list of the Best Movies of the 21st century with zero Oscar nominations. All Of Us Strangers has a higher Metacritic score than six Best Picture nominees, though its earlier awards season performance was not as strong.

All of Us Strangers has been marked as one of the 2024 Oscars' biggest snubs by Metacritic. The movie, which was helmed by Weekend and 45 Years director Andrew Haigh, is based on Taichi Yamada's 1987 novel Strangers. It follows a screenwriter named Adam (Andrew Scott) whose burgeoning relationship with his neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal) comes at the same time that he discovers the fact that the spirits of his long-dead parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) reside in his childhood home.

Metacritic has...

Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers has its share of mysteries and dreamscapes and detours into the mystical, but it drops a breadcrumb morsel of a clue to viewers early on. You don’t know it on a first viewing — and this is the sort of rich, layered, remarkable work of art that requires more than a few — yet the detail that the filmmaker momentarily fixates on is telling. Adam (Andrew Scott) is a screenwriter, struggling to start work on a project. He alternates between staring at a blank...

Andrew Haigh should be used to awards attention by now, after the successes of Weekend and 45 Years, but his latest work, All Of Us Strangers, looks set to outshine both. Like Weekend, it begins with the development of a new relationship, but rather than focusing on the possibilities which this opens up, it takes a deep journey into the experience of bereavement, grief, and when or whether one should be ready to let go.

A significant amount of the film’s budget must have been spent on music because the soundtrack pulses throughout with the most popular LGBTQ+ scene hits of the Eighties. For anyone who existed in those spaces at that time, these immediately set the mood: the loneliness, the melancholy and the determination to survive through the pursuit of love or partying. Protagonist Adam (Andrew Scott) lives in a neatly furnished home, no longer feels the need.

From acclaimed British filmmaker Andrew Haigh, known for “Weekend,” “45 Years,” “Lean on Pete,” and most recently, the BBC series, “The North Water,” his latest film is the heralded love story/family drama/quasi ghost story, “All Of Us Strangers.”

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Starring the stellar cast of Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy, one wants to tread lightly when discussing the film to avoid spoiling it; the drama centers on a lonely screenwriter (Scott) drawn back to his childhood home.

Continue reading ‘All Of Us Strangers’ Int’l Trailer: Andrew Haigh’s Acclaimed Drama Stars Andrew Scott & Paul Mescal at The Playlist.

The winners of the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were announced at the annual ceremony at Old Billingsgate with BIFA patron Ray Winstone kicking off the celebration of independent film.

The award for Best British Independent Film, presented by Fiona Shaw, went to Andrew Haigh’s ‘All of Us Strangers’, a beautifully unsettling tale of a writer revisiting his past, starring Andrew Scott. Haigh, who was previously BIFA nominated for 2015’s 45 Years and 2018’s Lean on Pete, also came away with the coveted awards for Best Director sponsored by Sky Cinema and Best Screenplay sponsored by Apple Original Films.

There were two winners announced for Best Supporting Performance from a field of ten nominees and Paul Mescal took one of those trophies for his role in the film. All of Us Strangers won four awards on the night.

Best Lead Performance went to Mia McKenna-Bruce in Molly Manning Walker...

Andrew Haigh has described “All of Us Strangers,” a spectral meditation on love and loneliness, as a deeply personal film, one infused with his own feelings about parents and relationships. That’s not unique — write what you know is an adage for a reason. But “All of Us Strangers” may be one of the only major movies to have been shot in the childhood home of its creator. Shortly before production commenced, Haigh knocked on the door of the house he lived in until he was 7 or 8 years old and discovered that little had changed in the ensuing decades.

“The owner agreed to let us film there,” Haigh says. “He hadn’t really decorated it in 30 years, so all these memories came flooding back. And then we used my old photos to make it look almost exactly as it had. It was so emotional for me, but it was also cathartic.

“All of Us Strangers,” Andrew Haigh, U.K., U.S.)

Setting a high benchmark for Valladolid’s main competition, “a curious kind of ghost story, at once incredibly tender and profoundly devastating as it slowly reveals its secrets,” Variety wrote in its review. Written and directed by Haigh. behind an impressive body of work taking in “Weekend,” “45 Years” and HBO series “Looking.”

“Andrea’s Love,” (“El amor de Andrea,” Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain)

Sold by Film Factory, the latest from the always interesting Martín Cuenca about Andrea, 15, attempting to reconnect with her estranged father. “A title opening up a new stage in Martín Cuenca’s career, his simplest, most tender and sincere of works,” Valladolid Festival notes run.

“Gasoline Rainbow,” (Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross, U.S.)

Produced by Mubi and sold by The Match Factory, the Venice Horizons world premiere follows five teens who pile into a van...

“All of Us Strangers” screened for press and industry at the 61st New York Film Festival on September 21 and can be seen by general festival goers starting on October 1. This is the latest stop on the festival circuit for the film, which had its world premiere on August 31 at Telluride, where it received stellar reviews. It will next make stops at the BFI London Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival before Searchlight Pictures opens the film on December 22. Will it go from NYFF selection to an awards breakthrough for screenwriter-director Andrew Haigh?

Haigh broke through in 2011 with his feature film “Weekend,” which told the story of two men who form an intense bond over the course of a couple of days. Since then Haigh has been known for his sensitive handling of intimate relationship stories, including the HBO series “Looking,” which ran for two seasons and a movie,...

Celebrate the 45th anniversary of Halloween with limited edition art prints featuring Michael Myers, available at the H45 convention or online. The limited edition print is priced at $90, while the timed edition print can be purchased for $75. Both are 36"x24" and signed by the artist. The artwork for the posters was initially created for Spooky Pinball's Halloween pinball game and painstakingly recreated to accurately represent the original painting.

Michael Myers comes home again in brand-new artwork. A pair of stunning posters created by artist Jason Edmiston celebrates the 45th anniversary of John Carpenter’s 1978 slasher film Halloween. Both pieces of art feature the Halloween franchise’s iconic boogeyman: one is a specifically timed edition, while the other is a limited edition available only at the upcoming H45: 45 Years of Terror convention being held this weekend in Pasadena, California. First, check out the limited-edition poster below:

The purple-colored Halloween Limited...

Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Emerald Fennell are among the filmmakers delivering screen talks at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, alongside Andrew Haigh, Lulu Wang and Kitty Green.

Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival. He will be in conversation with filmmaker Edgar Wright about his body of work.

Gerwig, an accomplished actor, co-directed “Nights and Weekends” and made her solo feature directorial debut with “Lady Bird,” followed by “Little Women,” both of which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Her latest effort, “Barbie,” is currently the biggest global hit of 2023 with more than $1.4 billion at the box office.

Fennell is the author of three books, writer of the second series of “Killing Eve,” co-creator of a revamped musical version of “Cinderella” and an actor whose work includes “Anna Karenina,” “Vita & Virginia,...

Two of Ireland's national treasures, Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott, are gearing up for their upcoming film "All of Us Strangers." The indie film, directed by queer British filmmaker Andrew Haigh, will see the pair of esteemed actors getting close after a chance encounter changes everything. If Haigh's previous projects, including "Weekend" and "Lean on Pete," are anything to go by, it's likely to be another LGBTQ+ film that needs to be on your watch list.

Oscar nominee Mescal and Emmy nominee Scott are the dynamic duo in the lead roles, and they're joined by Claire Foy ("The Crown") and Jamie Bell ("Rocketman"). Foy and Bell play Scott's parents, who died when he was just 12. As he tries to write about them - and falls in love with Mescal's character - his parents visit him as ghostly presences. The startling and emotional trailer for the film was released Sept. 21, and...

The new LGBTQ+ romantic drama All of Us Strangers gets an official trailer, The movie stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in a loose adaptation of Taichi Yamada's 1987 book Strangers. The movie was directed by Andrew Haigh, who known for directing Weekend and executive producing Looking.

The new LGBTQ+ romantic drama All of Us Strangers now has an official trailer. The movie, which is a loose adaptation of Taichi Yamada's 1987 book Strangers, is the latest project from Andrew Haigh, the director of Weekend and the executive producer of HBO's Looking. It stars Andrew Scott, who is likely best known for playing the role popularly known as Hot Priest on Fleabag season 2, and Paul Mescal, a rising star who recently joined the Gladiator 2 cast, along with Claire Foy and Jamie Bell.

Searchlight Pictures has unveiled the official trailer for All of Us Strangers, which premieres in theaters on December...

Fresh off the film’s sterling reviews out of the fall film festival circuit, Searchlight Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for “Weekend” and “45 Years” writer/director Andrew Haigh’s new film “All of Us Strangers.”

The film stars Andrew Scott as Adam, a screenwriter who has a chance encounter with his mysterious neighbor Harry (Oscar nominee Paul Mescal) one night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London. The encounter “punctures the rhythm of his everyday life” and Adam and Harry get closer. But when Adam is pulled back to his childhood home, it appears his long-dead parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) are both living and look the same age as the day they died 30 years before.

The trailer is soundtracked by a twist on Willie Nelson’s “Always on My Mind” and showcases Haigh’s knack for intimate and evocative visual storytelling. The film is based...

Andrew Haigh’s latest movie, “All of Us Strangers,” is poised to be a massive awards contender this year. After the incredible acclaim of some of Haigh’s past efforts, like “45 Years” and “Weekend,” the filmmaker looks like he has another critical darling this year. And before making its way to theaters in December, the movie travels the Fall film festival circuit, which started with its world premiere at the Telluride.

Continue reading ‘All Of Us Strangers’ Trailer: Andrew Haigh’s Acclaimed Drama Arrives in Theaters on December 22 at The Playlist.

Paul Mescal is giving Andrew Scott the chance of a lifetime: to speak with his deceased parents.

Mescal and Scott co-lead “All of Us Strangers,” written and directed by Andrew Haigh (“Weekend”).

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, screenwriter Adam (Scott) has a chance encounter with his mysterious neighbor Harry (Mescal) that punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As Adam and Harry get closer, Adam is pulled back to his childhood home where it appears his long-dead parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) are both living and look the same age as the day they died 30 years before.

“All of Us Strangers” is produced by Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Sarah Harvey and was previously known as “Strangers,” with the film being loosely based on Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel of the same name.

The feature screened at Telluride and will make its New York premiere at NYFF.

Greta Lee and Teo Yoo in Past Lives; Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer; Emma Stone in Poor Things; Jeffrey Wright in American FictionImage: Images courtesy A24, Universal Pictures, Searchlight Pictures, Orion

Now that the big film festivals in Toronto, Telluride and Venice are all wrapped up, it’s time to start...

The Halloween: 45 Years of Terror event is slashing its way into Pasadena, California from September 29 through October 1, 2023, and all kinds of different companies are bringing all kinds of exclusive products to the event. Our friends over at Cavity Colors whipped up two brand new Michael Myers t-shirts for the show, and they’ll Only be available at H45.

Featuring art by Devon Whitehead and Anthony Petrie, the two Halloween: 45 Years of Terror Exclusive t-shirts from Cavity Colors can be previewed with hi-res imagery below.

The first t-shirt spotlights Michael Myers is all his glory, brandishing his killing knife and surrounded by atmospheric Fall imagery, while the second shirt features Myers looming over the various other characters from the original classic – Laurie, Annie, Lynda and Loomis.

Head over to the Cavity Colors website to see what else they’ve got for Halloween 2023!

Every five years since 2003, fans from the Halloween franchise...

Andrew Scott sees dead people, but he could also see an Oscar nomination come his way with his heartbreaking and tenderly emotional turn as a gay screenwriter in Andrew Haigh’s drama “All of Us Strangers.”

Loosely based on Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel “Strangers,” the film follows screenwriter Adam (Scott), who, after an encounter with his neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), is mysteriously pulled back into his childhood home, where it appears his long-dead parents (played by Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) are actually alive — and haven’t aged in 30 years.

Emmy nominee Scott (guest drama actor in 2020 for “Black Mirror”) has been seamlessly maneuvering back and forth between film and television, notably garnering massive attention for his “hot priest” role on “Fleabag.” He absorbs the underlying pain of losing parents, while also grappling with the lingering question of whether they would approve of you or not. It may sound like...

Andrew Haigh wants to caress your spirit with his delicate and unassumingly poetic “All Of Us Strangers.” It is an otherworldly rumination on grief, love, loneliness and trauma, as well as a sophisticated ghost story that takes a page out of Joanna Hogg’s “The Eternal Daughter” for anyone carrying around a baggage of unspoken sorrow.

Caress your sprit Haigh does, for a while, with the kindness we come to expect from the lyrical British filmmaker of “45 Years”—a swelling account of the blind spots of a marriage—and “Lean on Pete,” an aching meditation on Americana on the fringes which, in a just world, would have been as widely celebrated as its closest thematic companion, the Oscar-winning “Nomadland.”

One of the most tender storytellers of our time, Haigh then pulls something else out of his magical sleeve in due course. Just like he did with those former aforesaid gems,...