Actor turned writer-director Joshua Leonard’s sophomore feature toplines Marisa Tomei as a grieving widow. Dark Was The Night is a Sundance-style indie brimming with tough emotion.
A coming-of-age story without the Stand by Me sentimentality, Breath is a refreshingly original take on boyhood and on surf-movie tropes.
Sharknado VR: Eye of the Storm, the world’s first virtual reality Sharknado experience and made by Autumn VR, throws gamers into the bloody action later this year on Steam, Oculus store, PSVR, iOS and Android.
Set against a backdrop of mid-1970s Australian surf culture, the film adaptation of Tim Winton’s award-winning novel Breath is captivating audiences. Augusta-Margaret River Times reporter Therese Colman sat down with 17-year-old Ben Spence, who plays Ivan “Loonie” Loon in the coming-of-age surf film. Filmed in the Great Southern coastal town of Denmark, Breath is the
The Con is On (previously titled The Brits Are Coming) is a 2018 heist comedy film directed by James Oakley and co-written by Alex Michaelides and James Oakley. This stylish, star-studded caper comedy stars Uma Thurman as Harriet and Tim Roth as Peter, a con-artist couple cooking up a jewel-theft scam in L.A. to pay
Behold My Heart director Joshua Leonard talks acting in improvised films, iPhone films and too many bad guys: filmmakermagazine.com Joshua Leonard first came onto the scene with the lo-fi sensation The Blair Witch Project, then went on to receive rave reviews for his performance in Lynn Shelton’s Independent Spirit Award-winning Humpday. His narrative feature debut
Simon Baker’s directorial debut is an effectionate portrayal of boyhood in 1970s Australia It’s with a soulful splash in coming-of-age waters that Simon Baker makes his feature directorial debut, and his return to the Australian industry after a near two-decade absence. Adapting Tim Winton’s acclaimed novel with assurance, affection and a keen understanding of its
Simon Baker makes his feature directing debut with this adaptation of Tim Winton’s coming-of-age novel about a pair of teenage surf enthusiasts mentored by a big-wave veteran. No author has written more evocatively than Tim Winton about growing up in regional Australia in the 1970s. His 2008 novel, Breath, enriches its themes of teenage self-discovery,
Armed with a flashlight, you find yourself exploring what appears to be a quiet average looking home in a woodsy neighborhood. Before long, you discover you’re not alone as you unravel the mystery of what’s gone on in this house and struggle to survive the terror that begins to hunt you. This original story, based
The director of animation and VFX at Dogs Can Fly talks to us about his role in an ambitious ‘Story Of Christ’ VR project. Despite the excitement of its potential, the list of VR practitioners in the production industry is pretty small. Because of this, experts in the field (or, at least, people who have
On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock ’n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon. Starring Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time Academy Award® winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes
From ‘Moonlight’ to ‘Elvis & Nixon,’ the smallest details loom large in the year’s finest films. That’s a moon rock,” President Richard Nixon, played by Kevin Spacey, says. “Very proud to have that here in the Oval Office. That was given to me personally by a great American — Buzz Aldrin.” He suggests his guest, Elvis Presley,
Behold My Heart centers on a woman and her teenage son — played by Marisa Tomei and Charlie Plummer — in the aftermath of tragedy who must forge into uncharted territory in order to move on with their lives. Timothy Olyphant (“Justified”) and Mireille Enos (“The Catch”) also star with David Call, Emily Robinson, Nik
The Brits are Coming is an ensemble comedy about burglary and revenge. In an effort to avoid paying off a gambling debt to a notorious mobster, an English couple flees to Los Angeles. Starring: Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Stephen Frye, Sofia Vergara, Alice Eve, Crispin Glover & Parker Posey. Directed by: James Oakley. Release Date:
Breath is Simon Baker’s feature film directorial debut, based on Tim Winton’s award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives. Baker,
It’s not the Last Supper as the painting depicts. Jesus Christ is kneeling on the floor, washing the feet of one of his disciples. A dozen other men are seated around the fire-lit room. You can look over at all of them, up at the ceiling and down into the fireplace. It’s almost like being
Set in the North and mainly filmed in Iqaluit, 2 Lovers and a Bear is about two “tortured souls” who fall in love while on a personal quest.The film stars Orphan Black actress Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan, known for films Kill Your Darlings and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. 2 Lovers and a Bear also
James Pittman is a middle-aged photography professor at a small Prairie university. He’s feeling old, tired and disconnected from the youth he teaches. The perfect remedy is the year-long sabbatical he’s been looking forward to for years. But his loose schedule gets turfed by the dean, who needs him to publish a follow-up to his
Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. Years later, Sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection in the days before Mindy’s wedding. Lovesong has been nominated in
Entertainment is a 2015 American drama film co-written and directed by Rick Alverson, starring Gregg Turkington, Tye Sheridan, and John C. Reilly. The film follows an unnamed comedian (a variant of Turkington’s long-standing character Neil Hamburger) as he performs in various locations where the audience is either hostile or indifferent to him. He receives advice
Documentary maker Joshua Z. Weinstein graduates to narrative features with this intimate account of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish widower at risk of losing his son due to strict religious tradition. Contemporary screen depictions of Brooklyn’s Hasidic community — for instance Boaz Yakin’s A Price Above Rubies or Sidney Lumet’s A Stranger Among Us — have tended
Gone Tomorrow is a dark, brooding, drama about urban human trafficking. Five years after taking the fall for his younger brother, a tormented ex-con flees parole to find his kidnapped baby niece. One step ahead of the police, and one behind an unraveling criminal syndicate, he must once again sacrifice everything in the name of
“Cara, a women’s magazine writer who gets burned by her boyfriend on New Years’ Eve, decides to go on a dating detox. Challenged by her employer to write about it, she hopes a spontaneous ski getaway with her best friend will spark inspiration. Complicating matters, they discover they’ve double booked their chalet with two eligible
Breath is Simon Baker’s feature film directorial debut, based on Tim Winton’s best-selling novel. Set in mid-’70s coastal Australia, Breath follows two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, who form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer, who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives. Page
Founded by producer/director David Hansen & producer Johnny Mac, Autumn Films is a Canadian company that has produced and financed the recent Sundance hits “Lovesong”, “Entertainment”, “Elvis and Nixon”, Simon Baker's “Breath” and the forthcoming releases "The Brits are Coming" and " Dark Was The Night”.
