Film News
Baryo update and some older clips
Some details about Garret’s character in Baryo showed up today on yet another blog to watch, Extras in Paradise. This is from a Q & A with John Sayles:
EA – Are any of the characters based on the journal authors?
[John Sayles] – A lot of the soldiers are compilations of the soldiers I read about [...]
Winter’s Bone wins a prize at Berlinale
Two quick updates today.
Winter’s Bone has won an independent jury prize at the Berlin Film Festival, which closes on Sunday.
The independent juries judging the line-up for the 60th Berlin International Film Festival spread the joy far and wide this year, picking an eclectic mix of titles from across all the Berlinale sections.
The FIPRESCI association of [...]
Last House & Terminator nominated for Saturn Awards
The nominations for the Saturn Awards were released earlier today. The Last House on the Left is up for Best Horror Film and The Sarah Connor Chronicles is nominated for Best DVD Television Release. You can find the complete list of nominees here.
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Winter’s Bone: Release date, soundtrack, SXSW screenings
Looks like Winter’s Bone will be released in the U.S. sooner rather than later.
Winter’s Bone, recipient of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival’s Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, will get a June 2010 release from Roadside Attractions. [Pretty-Scary.net]
This is also confirmed on the film’s official page: www.wintersbonemovie.com.
For a preview [...]
Oliver Sherman going to Berlinale
Looks like Oliver Sherman will be getting some promotion at the Berlin Film Festival, too. I can’t find anything about it being screened there (it’s still in post-production), but the film will be part of the Canada at Berlinale 2010 program and probably looking for a European distributor.
The film now also has a page on [...]
Baryo updates
Just a quick note to say that Baryo started filming the other day. You can follow updates on the Baryo production blog or, if you’re on Twitter, you can follow me there to be alerted whenever they post an update. (I fed their blog to Twitterfeed the other week, so it automatically tweets every new [...]
Winter’s Bone added to SXSW lineup
Winter’s Bone will be screened at the South by Southwest festival in Austin in March as part of the Festival Favorites program. If you’re thinking of going, the complete SXSW 2010 schedule will probably show up here one of these days. This year, the festival runs from March 12 to 21.
Before that, the film will [...]
Winter’s Bone wins at Sundance
Winter’s Bone won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this weekend and also a Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, which went to Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini.
Roadside Attractions snagged the domestic distribution rights and the film is now expected to see the light of day in the summer, at least in the U.S.
The press release: [...]
Winter’s Bone – first reviews (updated)
Winter’s Bone was screened at Sundance yesterday and the first reviews are pretty positive. Some snippets below.
A teenage girl’s resilience in the face of seemingly insurmountable physical and emotional obstacles just barely wards off the icy chill that cuts through “Winter’s Bone,” director Debra Granik’s bleak and exemplary sophomore feature. Following its brave heroine (an [...]
Winter’s Bone headed to Berlin Film Festival
Winter’s Bone will have its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, which runs from February 11 to 21 this year. It will be screened as part of the official program.
For all the info, head over to the Berlinale site.
The U.S. premiere at Sundance is only a few days away. The first screening is on [...]
