Teen dystopian trilogy Hunger Games appears to be on its way to blockbuster - dom, pulling in $ 19.75 million at
the midnight premiere of the first movie — and bouncing back to the top of e-book bestseller lists.
Filmmaker Joseph Kahn is already dropping bombs ahead of the Toronto
midnight premiere of his controversy - courting battle rap pic «Bodied,» rattling the legions of Beyoncé fans who have accused Taylor Swift of lifting from Bey in her music video for «Look What You Made Me Do,» which Kahn directed.
Old people don't play games or ride roller coasters for a full day or go to
midnight premieres of fantasy films.
Not exact matches
Bella Thorne attended the
premiere of her new movie «
Midnight Sun» last Thursday, and to continue the celebrations, she and her co-stars had an after - party at Avenue nightclub in Hollywood, Calif..
I totally get the after
midnight movie
premiere high, although I haven't seen Guardians
of the Galaxy yet.
I miss the fun
of book releases and
midnight movie
premieres.
It's been rumored for months that Rob Zombie «s The Lords
Of Salem would be
premiering as a
Midnight Madness selection at TIFF and, now that it's confirmed, a few new pics have come to light!
The film is
premiering at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in just a few weeks in the Park City at
Midnight category, and is one
of our most anticipated films at the fest.
The version that world
premiered at the South by Southwest film festival was presented as a «work in progress» — where it killed to a room full
of «The Room» obsessives, many
of whom stuck around for a
midnight screening
of Wiseau's disasterpiece.
Ballet star Sergei Polunin has disappeared just days before he was scheduled to take the lead in the
premiere of Peter Schaufuss»
Midnight Express in...
Every night
of the festival brings a new, exciting
premiere at the stroke
of midnight for the programme's passionate and dedicated fans.
Nina Dobrev was home in Toronto over the weekend to celebrate the TIFF
premiere of her horror satire, The Final Girls, at
Midnight Madness.
After
premiering their film Ass Backwards in the Park City at
Midnight section
of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, writers and stars Casey Wilson & June Diane Raphael couldn't have been more happy and proud
of their hilarious road trip comedy that has flares
of Dumb & Dumber and Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion.
Among the high - profile
premieres this year are «Antz,» the new Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film
of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory
of Flight,» about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent
Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,» about slim prospects for a teenager in a town
of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,» about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story
of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail
of the kidnapper
of a computer genius.
Jeremy Lovering («In Fear») If you went to Sundance looking for the next Christopher Nolan or Rupert Wyatt (who both had films
premiere at the festival early in their careers), you'd be hard pressed to find a better candidate than Jeremy Lovering, whose feature film debut «In Fear» has been scaring the living shit out
of people in the
Midnight strand
of the festival.
Having its world
premiere September 8 as part
of the
Midnight Madness portion
of the Toronto International Film Festival is WWE...
Last Sunday TIFF's
Midnight Madness program unveiled the world
premiere of Oculus.
Penumbra and Cold Sweat director Adrian Garcia Bogliano's Here Comes The Devil
premiered during the
Midnight Madness portion
of TIFF this...
The film is having its world
premiere this week as an official selection
of the
Midnight Madness portion
of this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
After the parallel triumphs
of two small, daring and very different festival hits, Moonlight and Get Out (last Sundance's surprise
midnight premiere), the answer is: anything.
Having
premiered at the
Midnight Madness portion
of TIFF is Makinov's Come Out and Play, a Mexican remake
of the 1970s...
Premiering tomorrow night at the
Midnight Madness portion
of the film festival is Makinov's Come Out and Play, a Mexican remake...
The trailer for The Disaster Artist comes hot off
of the film's
midnight premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last night, and it looks every bit as crazy as you'd expect.
The film is
premiering in the
Midnight section
of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
After
premiering in the
Midnight section
of the SXSW Film Festival, Vertical Entertainment has acquired Mickey Keating's «Twilight Zone» - esque horror Pod...
So let's talk about Before
Midnight, the third chapter
of Richard Linklater's «Before» series and arguably the most anticipated
premiere of Sundance this year.
After
premiering in the
Midnight section
of the SXSW Film Festival, Vertical Entertainment acquired Mickey Keating's «Twilight Zone» - esque horror Pod (read...
The film
premiered in the
Midnight section at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and is described as a «gritty, grisly homage to the glory days
of grindhouse cinema.»
The film is set to
premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival as one
of the nine entries for its
Midnight Madness lineup.
As we were walking back to work, and about an hour before I had probably the best night
of my life (no hyperbole, I'm genuinely serious) at the
midnight madness
premiere of The Disaster Artist, she asked me what I had in the queue for the next day.
Premiering in the
Midnight Madness strand
of this year's TIFF, Coralie Fargeat's debut feature offers a feminist twist on the rape - revenge film.
Nichols, whose «
Midnight Special» has become one
of the year's best and least - seen sci - fi movies,
premiered...
The film was just announced as one
of the eight Park City at
Midnight premieres at the Sundance 2014 in January, and these three new first look photos go hand in hand with that reveal.
Now in its 25th years,
Midnight Madness has
premiered films from the likes
of Eli Roth (back this year with «The Green Inferno»), James Wan («Insidious»), and even Oscar winner Peter Jackson («Meet the Feebles»).
Austin icon Richard Linklater's Before
Midnight, which played two days later, would've been a better selection; unfortunately, like several
of the best films at the festival (David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche, Jeff Nichols's Mud, and Hannah Fidell's A Teacher), it had already
premiered at Sundance.
Other World
Premieres that have us intrigued: Walter Hill's «(re) ASSIGNMENT» with Michelle Rodriguez & Sigourney Weaver; Tony Elliott's sci - fi mindbender «ARQ»; Vikram Gandhi's Obama drama «Barry»; Greg McLean's star - studded
Midnight Madness entry «The Belko Experiment»; Alexandre Lehmann's «Blue Jay» with the great Sarah Paulson & Mark Duplass; Susan Johnson's «Carrie Pilby,» starring Bel Powley & Gabriel Byrne; «City
of Tiny Lights» with the fast - rising star Riz Ahmed; Rachel Lambert's «In the Radiant City»; Bronwen Hughes» «The Journey is the Destination»; Rob Reiner's «LBJ,» with Woody Harrelson as the controversial leader; Juan Carlos Medina's «The Limehouse Golem» with Olivia Cooke & Bill Nighy; Garth Davis» «Lion»; Antoine Fuqua's star - studded «The Magnificent Seven»; Avi Nesher's «Past Life»; Lone Scherfig's «Their Finest» with Gemma Arterton; Adam Leon's «Tramps.»
Equally impassioned as a detractor
of Gaspar Noé (Irreversible, Enter the Void) and as a believer in the possibilities
of 3D form in cinema, I was on the fence about even seeing the infamous provocateur's new film, which
premiered in Cannes in a
midnight times...
Some
of the World
Premieres that jump out at first glance include Ondi Timoner's Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith as the famed photographer; actor Alex Pettyfer's directorial debut Backroads; Beatriz at Dinner director Miguel Arteta's new film Duck Butter; Noomi Rapace and Ethan Hawke in Stockholm; Black Panther's Martin Freeman in the
midnight movie Cargo; and the Netflix documentary Bleeding Edge from Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground) about the medical biz.
Today, they've announced the next slice
of their line up — 57 out
of competition films in the
Premieres, Next, Spotlight, New Frontiers and
Midnight categories.
For the 2018 edition
of the festival, 37 percent
of the 122 feature films
premiering are directed by women, a slight uptick from last year when 34 percent
of all films were helmed by female directors (in years past, the average has hovered around 25 percent), and their contributions were prominent across all sections, with women debuting films in not just the competition sections, but also in the forward - thinking NEXT section, the wild
Midnight category (which played home to the long - gestating anthology «XX,» featuring four shorts directed by women), and even the starry
Premieres docket.
The remaining half
of the line - up, which includes all the major
premieres and
midnight films, will be announced tomorrow (so check back).
Release Date:
Premieres in the
Midnight section
of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival followed by a SXSW showing.
World
premiered as a
midnight entry at Sundance, «The Nightmare» won't be any independent distributor's idea
of a commercial dream, but could amass a following on the fest circuit and as a specialty theatrical / VOD pick, if marketed with an emphasis on its more overt horror elements.
After unveiling their competition and NEXT slate last week, Sundance is shoring up its 2017 selections with the announcement
of the lineup
of premieres,
midnight movies, and more today.
World
Premieres: Looper --(Rian Johnson)--(Opening Film) Cloud Atlas --(The Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer) Argo --(Ben Affleck) The Silver Linings Playbook --(David O Russell) Love, Marilyn --(Liz Garbus) Free Angela And All Political Prisoners --(Shola Lynch) The Place Beyond The Pines --(Derek Cianfrance)
Midnight's Children --(Deepa Mehta) Hyde Park On Hudson --(Roger Michell) Great Expectations --(Mike Newell) Inescapable --(Rubba Nadda) Twice Born --(Sergio Castellitto) English Vinglish --(Gauri Shinde) The Perks
Of Being A Wallflower --(Stephen Chbosky) Thanks For Sharing --(Stuart Blumberg) End
Of Watch --(David Ayer) Imogene --(Robert Puccini and Shari Springer Berman) A Late Quartet --(Yaron Zilberman) Much Ado About Nothing --(Joss Whedon) Frances Ha --(Noah Baumbach) The Time Being --(Nenad Cicin - Sain) Writers --(Josh Boone) At Any Price --(Ramin Bahrani) Venus And Serena --(Maiken Baird) Byzantium --(Neil Jordan) Quartet --(Dustin Hoffman) Ginger And Rosa --(Sally Potter) A Liar's Autobiography --(Ben Timlett, Bill JOnes, Jeff Simpson) Foxfire --(Laurnet Cantet) In The House --(Francois Ozon) The Impossible --(JA Bayona) Hannah Arendt --(Margarethe Von Trotta) Mr. Pip --(Andrew Adamson) Capital --(Costa - Gavras) The Attack --(Ziad Doueriri) Zaytoun --(Eran Riklis) The Deep --(Baltasar Kormakur) Dreams For Sale --(Nishikawa Miwa) The Last Supper --(Lu Chuan)
The South Korean film
premiered in the
Midnight Screenings section
of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
I had come very close to crying during the end
of Scott Pilgrim due to it mirroring events the night
of the
midnight premiere between me and a special someone.
Added to their line - up right at the very last minute, this is one last film I just had to include on this list right as I was about to publish, as I'm still riding off
of the momentum
of Richard Linklater's perfect Before
Midnight, which
premiered at Sundance 2013 last year.
Wingard's next directorial effort, You're Next, a darkly comedic home - invasion thriller, went on to
premiere to ravenous reviews at the 2011 Toronto festival as part
of the «
Midnight Madness» section.
But it's his forever - 17 body, evocatively described in every third paragraph, that causes wolfpacks
of 40 - something moms to turn up at
midnight for the movie
premieres.