Throughout the early 2000s, the rock ‘n’ roll film festival “Don’t Knock the Rock” was one of the highlights of any L.A.-based cinephile’s year, an impeccably assembled program of movies, live performances, and panels celebrating the intersection between rock ‘n’ roll and cinema. Created by writer-director Allison Anders and music supervisor Tiffany Anders, “Don’t Knock the Rock” was beloved for its determination to showcase difficult-to-see music documentaries and for the breadth and depth of its programming.
The festival last graced L.A. screens in 2016, but now it’s returning to Hollywood via the American Cinematheque with a line-up that’s one of the best ever. From May 23-27, “Don’t Knock the Rock” will screen an eclectic mix of documentaries, music-themed narrative films, and essential retrospective programs at the Cinematheque’s Los Feliz venue, with an added virtual component that will stream from May 23-July 31. Among the...
The festival last graced L.A. screens in 2016, but now it’s returning to Hollywood via the American Cinematheque with a line-up that’s one of the best ever. From May 23-27, “Don’t Knock the Rock” will screen an eclectic mix of documentaries, music-themed narrative films, and essential retrospective programs at the Cinematheque’s Los Feliz venue, with an added virtual component that will stream from May 23-July 31. Among the...
- 4/24/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Well, it’s over. Now that the 2024 film awards season is in the rearview mirror, the onslaught of prestige titles hitting digital platforms will come to a temporary halt. Thankfully, this week still brings a pretty decent crop of new releases.
The contender to watch this week: “Drive-Away Dolls“
Ethan Coen‘s second movie without Joel — his first was the documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind,” which is streaming exclusively on Prime Video — has posted modest box-office returns, but the breezy road comedy seems destined for cult-favorite status. Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan play friends who get caught up in a band of maladroit criminals during a road trip down South. Co-written with Tricia Cooke, who edited “The Big Lebowski” and other Coen-brother movies, “Drive-Away Dolls” also features Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, Matt Damon, and newly minted Oscar nominee Colman Domingo. It’s available to rent or purchase on VOD.
The contender to watch this week: “Drive-Away Dolls“
Ethan Coen‘s second movie without Joel — his first was the documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind,” which is streaming exclusively on Prime Video — has posted modest box-office returns, but the breezy road comedy seems destined for cult-favorite status. Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan play friends who get caught up in a band of maladroit criminals during a road trip down South. Co-written with Tricia Cooke, who edited “The Big Lebowski” and other Coen-brother movies, “Drive-Away Dolls” also features Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, Matt Damon, and newly minted Oscar nominee Colman Domingo. It’s available to rent or purchase on VOD.
- 3/16/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
In 2018, the film world unknowingly received a major swan song: the last Coen Brothers movie. That November, Joel and Ethan Coen’s Western anthology film “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” released on Netflix, marking the 18th feature from the Minnesota-born filmmakers.
In the years that followed, the two did something they never did across the first three decades of their career: go solo. Elder brother Joel was the first to branch out with 2021’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” an expressionist, gorgeous staging of William Shakespeare’s iconic play with Denzel Washington and Coen’s own wife Frances McDormand in the lead roles. Ethan followed shortly with the “Drive-Away Dolls,” a raucous comedy co-written with his wife Tricia Cooke (an underrated constant in the duo’s career is their wife-guy natures) and styled as a lesbian-slanted version of classic Coen Brothers comedies like “The Big Lebowski” and “Raising Arizona,” with Margaret Qualley...
In the years that followed, the two did something they never did across the first three decades of their career: go solo. Elder brother Joel was the first to branch out with 2021’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” an expressionist, gorgeous staging of William Shakespeare’s iconic play with Denzel Washington and Coen’s own wife Frances McDormand in the lead roles. Ethan followed shortly with the “Drive-Away Dolls,” a raucous comedy co-written with his wife Tricia Cooke (an underrated constant in the duo’s career is their wife-guy natures) and styled as a lesbian-slanted version of classic Coen Brothers comedies like “The Big Lebowski” and “Raising Arizona,” with Margaret Qualley...
- 2/23/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
A road trip. A mix-up. A fast-talking hero, prone to tossing off bewilderingly verbose sentences. Some criminals who run the gamut from eccentric to psychotic to painfully inept. (Sometimes, they’re all three at once.) Dangerously sudden violence. Dangerously dark humor. Dangerously outrageous hairdos. The feeling that you’re watching a vintage film noir story run through a Looney Tunes filter. You are in the presence of a Coen brothers movie — whaddaya need, a road map?!
Actually, some sort of Gps system would be a blessing for both you, the viewer,...
Actually, some sort of Gps system would be a blessing for both you, the viewer,...
- 2/23/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
The release of "Drive-Away Dolls" has been marked by most of the trades as the first solo directorial feature of Ethan Coen, following his brother Joel's 2021 outing with "The Tragedy of Macbeth." And sure, it's a catchy headline to acknowledge that one-half of one of cinema's greatest directorial partnerships is stepping out on his own, but that doesn't tell the full story. For one thing, Ethan Coen already made his solo directorial debut with the documentary "Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind." More importantly, "Drive-Away Dolls" may have Coen listed as the solo director, but if you ask him, this was yet another co-directed project, but this time with his wife and longtime Coen Bros. editor, Tricia Cooke.
Cooke first worked with the Coens as an editor on "Miller's Crossing" fresh out of film school, seeking out the job not because they were the esteemed directors of "Blood Simple" and Raising Arizona" fame,...
Cooke first worked with the Coens as an editor on "Miller's Crossing" fresh out of film school, seeking out the job not because they were the esteemed directors of "Blood Simple" and Raising Arizona" fame,...
- 2/23/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
The Coen brothers broke up four years ago, and it has taken them a while to come out with solo albums that define their identities. In 2021, Joel Coen directed “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” which was a dazzling black-and-white pastiche of a Shakespeare drama. It was well-done but felt like a one-off, a decision by Coen to serve the material. One year later, Ethan Coen came out with “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind,” a small-scale rock ‘n’ roll documentary that he made during the pandemic; it was a YouTube clip job, and on those terms expertly crafted — but even after Jerry Lee died (five months after the film’s Cannes premiere), it took ages for the film to be released.
Now, though, we finally have a Coen movie in which one of the brothers puts his solo stamp on filmmaking. “Drive-Away Dolls,” directed by Ethan Coen, is a crime-speckled road-trip...
Now, though, we finally have a Coen movie in which one of the brothers puts his solo stamp on filmmaking. “Drive-Away Dolls,” directed by Ethan Coen, is a crime-speckled road-trip...
- 2/21/2024
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The Coen Brothers are about as legendary as it comes in the world of filmmaking, with unparalleled classics such as "Fargo" and "No Country for Old Men" to their names. But that's as a duo. For the past several years, Joel and Ethan Coen have gone out on their own, with Joel making movies like "The Tragedy of Macbeth." Now, it's Ethan's turn to go solo with his latest, "Drive-Away Dolls." Can Ethan Coen's solo feature directorial debut help lift up the February box office? Or should we begin tempering expectations?
As it stands, the Focus Features film is looking at an opening weekend of anywhere between just $2 and $4 million (per Box Office Pro) -- an admittedly modest sum. It's also facing sneakily stiff competition from "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -- To the Hashira Training," with the latest entry in the anime franchise expected to top the charts with between $9 and $14 million.
As it stands, the Focus Features film is looking at an opening weekend of anywhere between just $2 and $4 million (per Box Office Pro) -- an admittedly modest sum. It's also facing sneakily stiff competition from "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -- To the Hashira Training," with the latest entry in the anime franchise expected to top the charts with between $9 and $14 million.
- 2/16/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Joel and Ethan Coen, the Coen brothers, have directed eighteen feature films together over the decades, giving us such classics as Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, The Big Lebowski; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; No Country for Old Men, True Grit, and more. A while back, they decided to split off in their own directions, with Joel directing The Tragedy of Macbeth and Ethan making the documentary Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind as well as the upcoming crime comedy Drive-Away Dolls (which reaches theatres on February 23rd) and the recently announced Honey Don’t. Last summer, Ethan revealed that he was developing a new project with Joel… and now it looks like the Coen brothers might be reuniting to make a horror movie!
The website Montages reported that, while sitting down for a Q&a at the Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway,...
The website Montages reported that, while sitting down for a Q&a at the Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway,...
- 1/30/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Ahead of Focus Features’ February 23rd release of Drive-Away Dolls, the road-trip caper marking her first collaboration with Academy Award winner Ethan Coen, Margaret Qualley has been set to star in Honey Don’t!, the filmmaker’s latest for the same studio.
Joining Qualley in the cast are Aubrey Plaza (My Old Ass) and Chris Evans (Pain Hustlers). Details as to the film’s plot are currently under wraps, though Deadline understands it’s a comedy in the same vein as Drive-Away Dolls.
Coen is directing from his script written with wife Tricia Cooke, the veteran editor who cut such Coen Brothers classics as The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, also co-writing the upcoming Drive-Away Dolls. Pic’s producers are Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Coen, Cooke, and Robert Graf.
In Ethan Coen’s solo effort Drive-Away Dolls, Qualley portrays Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend,...
Joining Qualley in the cast are Aubrey Plaza (My Old Ass) and Chris Evans (Pain Hustlers). Details as to the film’s plot are currently under wraps, though Deadline understands it’s a comedy in the same vein as Drive-Away Dolls.
Coen is directing from his script written with wife Tricia Cooke, the veteran editor who cut such Coen Brothers classics as The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, also co-writing the upcoming Drive-Away Dolls. Pic’s producers are Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Coen, Cooke, and Robert Graf.
In Ethan Coen’s solo effort Drive-Away Dolls, Qualley portrays Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend,...
- 1/24/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ethan Coen just confirmed the Coen brothers are back in business together.
Ethan, who is making his solo narrative directorial debut with upcoming comedy “Drive-Away Dolls,” told Empire magazine that he and brother Joel Coen are “working on writing something” together.
Joel made solo feature “The Tragedy of Macbeth” in 2021, and Ethan directed documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” before helming “Drive-Away Dolls,” written in collaboration with his wife and longtime editor Tricia Cooke. Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Matt Damon, and Pedro Pascal star in queer road trip comedy “Drive-Away Dolls,” which will be released in September 2024 by Focus Features.
While previously promoting documentary “Trouble in Mind,” Ethan explained that the Coen brothers’ split was the result of burnout after the difficult process of shooting 2018’s “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”
“Nothing happened, certainly nothing dramatic,” Ethan said at the time. “You start out when you’re a kid...
Ethan, who is making his solo narrative directorial debut with upcoming comedy “Drive-Away Dolls,” told Empire magazine that he and brother Joel Coen are “working on writing something” together.
Joel made solo feature “The Tragedy of Macbeth” in 2021, and Ethan directed documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” before helming “Drive-Away Dolls,” written in collaboration with his wife and longtime editor Tricia Cooke. Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Matt Damon, and Pedro Pascal star in queer road trip comedy “Drive-Away Dolls,” which will be released in September 2024 by Focus Features.
While previously promoting documentary “Trouble in Mind,” Ethan explained that the Coen brothers’ split was the result of burnout after the difficult process of shooting 2018’s “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”
“Nothing happened, certainly nothing dramatic,” Ethan said at the time. “You start out when you’re a kid...
- 1/20/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The brakes have been pumped on Ethan Coen’s upcoming solo directing effort, Drive-Away Dolls, which has become one of the latest victims of both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Drive-Away Dolls was originally set for a September 22nd release, but has been pushed back to February 23rd, 2024. It has also been surmised that this will also take it out of box office competition with Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money, about a group of Reddit users who caused a “short squeeze” on GameStop’s stock. Dumb Money could also find itself as an Oscar contender, hitting on that subgenre of real-life financial dramedies that make you feel smart even though you only understood about 30% of it. Hey, The Big Short cleared five Academy Award nominations, and with a Toronto Film Festival debut also behind it, it could be part of the scene.
But enough about Craig Gillespie. Drive-Away...
Drive-Away Dolls was originally set for a September 22nd release, but has been pushed back to February 23rd, 2024. It has also been surmised that this will also take it out of box office competition with Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money, about a group of Reddit users who caused a “short squeeze” on GameStop’s stock. Dumb Money could also find itself as an Oscar contender, hitting on that subgenre of real-life financial dramedies that make you feel smart even though you only understood about 30% of it. Hey, The Big Short cleared five Academy Award nominations, and with a Toronto Film Festival debut also behind it, it could be part of the scene.
But enough about Craig Gillespie. Drive-Away...
- 7/30/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
After more than 30 years of collaborating as a writing-directing duo, the Coen brothers have decided to embark on solo projects for the foreseeable future. Joel Coen helmed The Tragedy of Macbeth back in 2021, and Ethan Coen debuted Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind last year at Cannes. While that documentary still awaits a release, Ethan’s lesbian road movie Drive-Away Dolls is set to hit theaters early this fall. Co-written by spouses Coen and Tricia Cooke (who also edited Drive-Away Dolls together), the film stars Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in the lead roles with Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, […]
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- 6/23/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
After more than 30 years of collaborating as a writing-directing duo, the Coen brothers have decided to embark on solo projects for the foreseeable future. Joel Coen helmed The Tragedy of Macbeth back in 2021, and Ethan Coen debuted Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind last year at Cannes. While that documentary still awaits a release, Ethan’s lesbian road movie Drive-Away Dolls is set to hit theaters early this fall. Co-written by spouses Coen and Tricia Cooke (who also edited Drive-Away Dolls together), the film stars Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in the lead roles with Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, […]
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- 6/23/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Will The Coen Brothers ever make a film together again? That remains to be seen. But they’re both doing their own thing right now, with Joel Coen directing “Macbeth” and Ethan Coen focusing on theaters and made the doc “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind” with the help of his wife Tricia Cooke. Now Ethan and Cooke team up for another film, Ethan’s first feature without his brother: “Drive-Away Dolls.”
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In the upcoming comedy, Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star as two friends who embark on an impromptu road trip to Florida that gets out of hand fast.
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In the upcoming comedy, Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star as two friends who embark on an impromptu road trip to Florida that gets out of hand fast.
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- 6/23/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
After directing together for over three decades, Joel and Ethan Coen have parted ways for their recent projects. The former helmed the black-and-white Shakespeare adaptation The Tragedy of Macbeth, while the latter premiered his documentary Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind at Cannes last year and is awaiting a release, then followed it up with Drive-Away Dolls, a lesbian road trip comedy that will arrive this September.
Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, shot by Ari Wegner, scored by Carter Burwell, and starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, and Matt Damon, the first trailer has now arrived online after being attached to Asteroid City. In an interview with Collider, Coen and Cooke also reveal the film is only 83 minutes, has “a lot of sex stuff,” and is part of a trilogy of queer B movies they will make.
Here’s the synopsis: “This comedy caper follows Jamie,...
Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, shot by Ari Wegner, scored by Carter Burwell, and starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, and Matt Damon, the first trailer has now arrived online after being attached to Asteroid City. In an interview with Collider, Coen and Cooke also reveal the film is only 83 minutes, has “a lot of sex stuff,” and is part of a trilogy of queer B movies they will make.
Here’s the synopsis: “This comedy caper follows Jamie,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Two years after Joel Coen showed the world what he was capable of as a solo filmmaker with “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” his brother Ethan Coen is preparing to take a similar plunge. Ethan flew solo behind the camera for “Drive-Away Dolls,” his upcoming road trip comedy that he co-wrote with his wife Tricia Cooke. The film, which dropped its first trailer today, appears to fit squarely into the crime-gone-wrong comedic niche that made the Coens household names.
According to the film’s official synopsis, “Drive-Away Dolls” follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.
“Drive-Away Dolls” stars Margaret Qualley,...
According to the film’s official synopsis, “Drive-Away Dolls” follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.
“Drive-Away Dolls” stars Margaret Qualley,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Amid the big-name blockbusters being showcased at CinemaCon, there's a host of other exciting projects. /Film's Ben Pearson is at the convention in Vegas, where he's been attending exclusive screenings and footage presentations. And the latest of those is the upcoming "Drive Away Dolls," which marks Ethan Coen's first time as solo director on a project (unless you count his 2022 documentary "Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind"), having helmed all his previous movies alongside his brother. Joel Coen has already ventured out on his own, directing the surreal masterpiece that was 2021's "The Tragedy of Macbeth," Now, it's Ethan's turn, and the movie is shaping up to be a top awards contender.
Co-written and co-produced by his wife Tricia Cooke, Ethan Coen's crime comedy, according to the official synopsis, follows an "uninhibited free spirit" by the name of Jamie, who ventures out on a road trip with her uptight friend Marian.
Co-written and co-produced by his wife Tricia Cooke, Ethan Coen's crime comedy, according to the official synopsis, follows an "uninhibited free spirit" by the name of Jamie, who ventures out on a road trip with her uptight friend Marian.
- 4/27/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
For decades, the Coen Brothers were one of the most consistently brilliant directing duos – and while they haven’t made a film together since 2018’s anthology Western The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, they’ve since been exploring a few solo projects. First up came Joel Coen’s turn to go it alone after last year's documentary Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind – he has a new narrative film coming out later this year, titled Drive-Away Dolls.
The film is a road-trip comedy, with Margaret Qualley. Coen co-wrote the screenplay with Tricia Cooke.
Best of all, there’s not too long to wait – the film is hitting US screens on 22 September, and hopefully won’t be delayed on this side of the Atlantic. Even if there is a wait, it should hopefully end up on the festival circuit too. Now, when will the director dream-team get back together?...
The film is a road-trip comedy, with Margaret Qualley. Coen co-wrote the screenplay with Tricia Cooke.
Best of all, there’s not too long to wait – the film is hitting US screens on 22 September, and hopefully won’t be delayed on this side of the Atlantic. Even if there is a wait, it should hopefully end up on the festival circuit too. Now, when will the director dream-team get back together?...
- 4/18/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal have joined the cast of filmmaker Ethan Coen’s solo project ‘Drive-Away Dolls.’
Damon and Pascal join with previously announced cast Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo and Bill Camp for the comedy offering.
The film follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.
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Coen directs from a script he co-wrote with his wife Tricia Cooke. Coen and Cooke also produced the film alongside Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The project is a co-production of both Focus Features and Working Title.
Damon and Pascal join with previously announced cast Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo and Bill Camp for the comedy offering.
The film follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.
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Coen directs from a script he co-wrote with his wife Tricia Cooke. Coen and Cooke also produced the film alongside Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The project is a co-production of both Focus Features and Working Title.
- 4/18/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ethan Coen’s first narrative movie as a solo director will arrive in theaters this year. On Monday, Focus Features announced Coen’s road-trip comedy “Drive-Away Dolls” will debut on September 22, putting it on track to potentially debut at one of the late summer’s big film festivals in Venice, Telluride, Colorado, or Toronto.
Coen co-wrote and produced the film with Tricia Cooke, his wife. The pair previously collaborated together on the 2022 documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind.” According to Deadline, “Drive-Away Dolls” “follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.” The cast includes Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan...
Coen co-wrote and produced the film with Tricia Cooke, his wife. The pair previously collaborated together on the 2022 documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind.” According to Deadline, “Drive-Away Dolls” “follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.” The cast includes Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan...
- 4/17/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Pedro Pascal and Matt Damon are confirmed to be joining the cast of Ethan Coen’s next film, his first narrative project as a solo director without his brother Joel Coen. Distributor Focus Features has also unveiled the film’s title, “Drive-Away Dolls,” and set a September 22, 2023 theatrical release date.
“Drive-Away Dolls” stars the previously reported Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in what’s described as a “comedy caper” film. The film follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.
Beanie Feldstein, Pascal, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, and Damon all co-star in the feature.
Coen directed “Drive-Away Dolls” from a...
“Drive-Away Dolls” stars the previously reported Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in what’s described as a “comedy caper” film. The film follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.
Beanie Feldstein, Pascal, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, and Damon all co-star in the feature.
Coen directed “Drive-Away Dolls” from a...
- 4/17/2023
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Ethan Coen strikes out on his own with Jerry Lee Lewis documentary — The premiere of Ethan’s opus, Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind marks a milestone in the brother’s diverging direction. “Nothing succeeds like success” may be proof positive when it comes to the Coen Brothers. After decades of triumph, each struck a new path [...]
Continue reading: The Roads Taken: Ethan Coen Diverges with First Solo Film...
Continue reading: The Roads Taken: Ethan Coen Diverges with First Solo Film...
- 5/27/2022
- by David McDonald
- Film-Book
The man sitting two seats over had averted his eyes from the screen a few times before he finally hit his breaking point. I saw a penis and a drill of some kind coming right for the urethra and heard a doctor saying that he was going to put the device on the “Kalashnikov setting.” What, I wondered, might that mean? When the drill started pumping away and blood spurted, the poor guy had had enough and exited swiftly, and I absolutely couldn’t blame him. This was the second screening of the instantly infamous De Humani Corporis Fabrica that day; after the […]
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- 5/25/2022
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The man sitting two seats over had averted his eyes from the screen a few times before he finally hit his breaking point. I saw a penis and a drill of some kind coming right for the urethra and heard a doctor saying that he was going to put the device on the “Kalashnikov setting.” What, I wondered, might that mean? When the drill started pumping away and blood spurted, the poor guy had had enough and exited swiftly, and I absolutely couldn’t blame him. This was the second screening of the instantly infamous De Humani Corporis Fabrica that day; after the […]
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- 5/25/2022
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A24 has acquired the North American rights to “Aftersun,” Charlotte Wells’ drama that stars Paul Mescal and made its premiere at Cannes in the Critics’ Week section of the festival.
The film is Wells’ directorial debut and also stars newcomer Frankie Corio.
“Aftersun” has proven to be a real tearjerker and a critical darling out of Cannes among many highlights thus far. The film follows Corio as Sophie, a girl on a melancholy holiday with her young father, played by Mescal. The film shows Sophie as an adult reflecting on memories both real and imagined as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
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Carlos Aguilar in his review for TheWrap called it a “heart-achingly stirring and sensorially entrancing debut feature” from Wells, who also wrote the script.
The film is Wells’ directorial debut and also stars newcomer Frankie Corio.
“Aftersun” has proven to be a real tearjerker and a critical darling out of Cannes among many highlights thus far. The film follows Corio as Sophie, a girl on a melancholy holiday with her young father, played by Mescal. The film shows Sophie as an adult reflecting on memories both real and imagined as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
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- 5/24/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
In 2021 Joel Coen directed his first feature apart from his brother. Seven months after The Tragedy of Macbeth‘s premiere, it’s Ethan’s turn to fly solo. The projects couldn’t be more disparate. Where Joel went for a black-and-white expressionist Shakespearean drama led by Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, Ethan settled on a minor music doc about rock ‘n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis. And settle he did.
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind kicks off with two great videos of Jerry Lee Lewis that you can probably watch online right now. The first is an older Lewis playing a lovely country rendition of Ernest Tubb’s “Walking the Floor Over You”; the second is a young, prime Lewis blowing your mind with his April 1957 single “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” It’s a strong start, especially for those who haven’t seen him play. The man is a plain-and-simple musical luminary.
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind kicks off with two great videos of Jerry Lee Lewis that you can probably watch online right now. The first is an older Lewis playing a lovely country rendition of Ernest Tubb’s “Walking the Floor Over You”; the second is a young, prime Lewis blowing your mind with his April 1957 single “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” It’s a strong start, especially for those who haven’t seen him play. The man is a plain-and-simple musical luminary.
- 5/23/2022
- by Luke Hicks
- The Film Stage
‘Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind’ Review: Ethan Coen’s Slim Doc Is at the Mercy of Its Wild Subject
Those looking to play Coen Kremlinologist now that the brothers are following individual muses might find themselves at a loss with “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind.” To understand filmmaker Ethan Coen’s unique perspective, better pick up one of his plays or books of poetry, or simply wait for the lesbian road comedy he’s slated to direct later this year. When it comes to this musical documentary that marks Coen’s first solo directorial outing, the voice that rings loudest belongs to the man in the title.
Less a biography of a music pioneer than a chance to hang by his side, Coen’s concise 72-minute film builds on nothing but archival footage, mixing and matching decades of interviews with hours of recorded performances. Eventually, Coen and his film settle around the thesis that Jerry Lee — who’s still kicking at age 86 and was inducted into the Country...
Less a biography of a music pioneer than a chance to hang by his side, Coen’s concise 72-minute film builds on nothing but archival footage, mixing and matching decades of interviews with hours of recorded performances. Eventually, Coen and his film settle around the thesis that Jerry Lee — who’s still kicking at age 86 and was inducted into the Country...
- 5/23/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
“Moonage Daydream,” the first documentary sanctioned by David Bowie’s estate, has released a teaser trailer timed with the film’s world premiere at Cannes Film Festival.
Taking its title from the music icon’s song of the same name, the feature draws from unlimited access to Bowie’s archives – including 48 tracks – to tell the story of his life, legacy and artistic achievements in his own words.
The teaser opens with a camera following Bowie backstage as he prepares for a performance. Donning a glittery striped jacket with pointed shoulders and his signature red mullet, Bowie is instantly recognizable despite his back facing the camera.
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“Questions have arisen, such as who is he, what is he, where did he come from, is he a creature of a foreign power?” someone asks in voiceover. “Is he a creep?...
Taking its title from the music icon’s song of the same name, the feature draws from unlimited access to Bowie’s archives – including 48 tracks – to tell the story of his life, legacy and artistic achievements in his own words.
The teaser opens with a camera following Bowie backstage as he prepares for a performance. Donning a glittery striped jacket with pointed shoulders and his signature red mullet, Bowie is instantly recognizable despite his back facing the camera.
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“Questions have arisen, such as who is he, what is he, where did he come from, is he a creature of a foreign power?” someone asks in voiceover. “Is he a creep?...
- 5/23/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
It probably says something, in spite of their public comments to the contrary, about the severity of the Coen Brothers’ break-up that each of them has proceeded to make a movie that you not only can’t imagine them making together, but that is so easily classifiable — after all, “Shakespeare adaptation” and “musical bio-doc” are two of the most venerable film types of today. The only genre you could safely consign them to before now was their own; they made “Coen Brothers movies,” and everyone knew what that meant, even if they couldn’t precisely pinpoint it.
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- 5/22/2022
- by Jason Bailey
- The Playlist
When a documentary gets made, as an off-ramp passion project, by a noted filmmaker who normally directs fiction films, there’s a special curiosity and excitement to seeing the angle — and the kind of craft — he’s going to bring to it. “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” is the first movie directed by Ethan Coen all by himself. Ethan, of course, has always stood a bit in the shadow of his older brother Joel. So though it’s “just” a music documentary, this is Ethan’s chance to strut his solo stuff. And he does, in a very Ethan Coen way: clever, modest, borderline invisible, but with a kick that sneaks up on you.
“Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” is only 73 minutes long, and it tells the story of the great wild man of rock ‘n’ roll using almost nothing but old TV footage — performances that stretch back...
“Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” is only 73 minutes long, and it tells the story of the great wild man of rock ‘n’ roll using almost nothing but old TV footage — performances that stretch back...
- 5/22/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Last year, Joel Coen went solo in a way, directing a compelling version of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” without the collaboration of his brother and usual co-director Ethan. And Ethan Coen now takes his own turn in the solo spotlight with a Southern wild man who might as well be rockabilly’s answer to a tragic Shakespearean figure, Jerry Lee Lewis.
But don’t expect soliloquies or soul searching from the upcoming A24 release “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind,” although it does show off a hefty bit of rock ‘n’ roll style black magic in the way the protean piano player, strutting peacock and tortured Christian nicknamed The Killer helped create the blueprint for rock music and took the art of performance to crazy extremes.
And that performance is what Coen focuses on in his documentary, a tidy 73-minute romp through Lewis’ career that manages to fit...
But don’t expect soliloquies or soul searching from the upcoming A24 release “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind,” although it does show off a hefty bit of rock ‘n’ roll style black magic in the way the protean piano player, strutting peacock and tortured Christian nicknamed The Killer helped create the blueprint for rock music and took the art of performance to crazy extremes.
And that performance is what Coen focuses on in his documentary, a tidy 73-minute romp through Lewis’ career that manages to fit...
- 5/22/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
For his directing debut after brother Joel’s first solo outing with The Tragedy of Macbeth, Ethan Coen has chosen a similar saga of ruthless ambition and soul-devouring guilt, telling the rise and fall — and rise again — of Jerry Lee Lewis, from farmer’s son to rock’n’roll idol.
Coen’s Special Screenings Cannes Film Festival entry Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind enters a very crowded music-doc field with an approach that may confound those expecting a linear narrative and the traditional talking-head format. What they’ll get is a largely first-person recollection, using snippets culled from many years of the singer’s TV interviews, interspersed with amazing live footage that highlights his incredible versatility, moving effortlessly between rock’n’roll, rockabilly, blues, blues-soul, country-rock and country-blues; acing subgenre after subgenre.
A better title for the film comes from a conversation Lewis had back in the early days...
Coen’s Special Screenings Cannes Film Festival entry Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind enters a very crowded music-doc field with an approach that may confound those expecting a linear narrative and the traditional talking-head format. What they’ll get is a largely first-person recollection, using snippets culled from many years of the singer’s TV interviews, interspersed with amazing live footage that highlights his incredible versatility, moving effortlessly between rock’n’roll, rockabilly, blues, blues-soul, country-rock and country-blues; acing subgenre after subgenre.
A better title for the film comes from a conversation Lewis had back in the early days...
- 5/22/2022
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Joel and Ethan Coen have not made a movie together since 2018’s “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” and the longtime collaborators seem to be taking their film careers in increasingly different directions.
Joel flew solo behind the camera for last year’s acclaimed Shakespeare drama “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” while Ethan Coen directed the new documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” and is gearing up to shoot a currently untitled lesbian road trip comedy that he wrote with his wife Tricia Cooke.
The two brothers have not announced any future projects, leading many to speculate about the details of their separation. But speaking to the Associated Press at the Cannes Film Festival, Ethan said the split was fueled by boredom and exhaustion more than animosity.
“Nothing happened, certainly nothing dramatic,” Coen said. “You start out when you’re a kid and you want to make a movie. Everything’s enthusiasm and gung-ho,...
Joel flew solo behind the camera for last year’s acclaimed Shakespeare drama “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” while Ethan Coen directed the new documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” and is gearing up to shoot a currently untitled lesbian road trip comedy that he wrote with his wife Tricia Cooke.
The two brothers have not announced any future projects, leading many to speculate about the details of their separation. But speaking to the Associated Press at the Cannes Film Festival, Ethan said the split was fueled by boredom and exhaustion more than animosity.
“Nothing happened, certainly nothing dramatic,” Coen said. “You start out when you’re a kid and you want to make a movie. Everything’s enthusiasm and gung-ho,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Exclusive: After a long Oscar-laden movie partnership with his brother, Ethan Coen makes his solo and documentary debut on the A24 film Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind, which premieres at Cannes tonight. He and wife/editor Tricia Cooke made this one while brother Joel Coen and his wife Fran McDormand were off making The Tragedy of Macbeth. Here, Ethan Coen describes the allure of making a free form docu on the firebrand singer/pianist behind hits like Great Balls of Fire. Coen worked closely with T Bone Burnett, the music man extraordinaire who collaborated with the Coens on Inside Llewyn Davis. And when the Coens will put the band back together and make another together.
Deadline: Always thought I’d do a great Coen Bros interview someday. I did one with your brother Joel and Fran McDormand for Macbeth, and now we’re sitting down for your solo documentary...
Deadline: Always thought I’d do a great Coen Bros interview someday. I did one with your brother Joel and Fran McDormand for Macbeth, and now we’re sitting down for your solo documentary...
- 5/22/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Four-time Oscar winner Ethan Coen has spoken out about the reasons behind his recent hiatus from filmmaking, as well as his return with the documentary Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind, which makes its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
Coen had been making films with his brother Joel for decades by the time news broke that he wouldn’t be involved with his recent Apple feature The Tragedy of Macbeth—spurring curiosity as to whether he might be done with filmmaking for good. The split of the iconic Coen Brothers, behind such enduring titles as No Country for Old Men and Fargo, stunned the world, given the pair’s long and successful creative history together. But in an interview with The Associated Press published Sunday, which has him in conversation with his wife and creative partner Tricia Cooke, Ethan Coen explains that there was “nothing dramatic” that spurred the move.
Coen had been making films with his brother Joel for decades by the time news broke that he wouldn’t be involved with his recent Apple feature The Tragedy of Macbeth—spurring curiosity as to whether he might be done with filmmaking for good. The split of the iconic Coen Brothers, behind such enduring titles as No Country for Old Men and Fargo, stunned the world, given the pair’s long and successful creative history together. But in an interview with The Associated Press published Sunday, which has him in conversation with his wife and creative partner Tricia Cooke, Ethan Coen explains that there was “nothing dramatic” that spurred the move.
- 5/21/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ethan Coen was done with filmmaking (at least for a while) and his reason was pretty simple — it became “more of a grind and less fun.”
The director known for such cult classics as “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski” told The Los Angeles Times in 2019 that he was taking a rest from filmmaking to pursue other interests. But then one very big thing influenced not only his return to the industry but to his first documentary, “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind,” which is premiering at the Cannes Film Festival: the Covid pandemic.
“What changed is I started getting bored,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I was with Trish in New York at the beginning of the lockdown. So, you know, it was all a little scary and claustrophobic.”
During that time, his “friend of many years” record producer T-Bone Burnett asked if Coen and his wife,...
The director known for such cult classics as “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski” told The Los Angeles Times in 2019 that he was taking a rest from filmmaking to pursue other interests. But then one very big thing influenced not only his return to the industry but to his first documentary, “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind,” which is premiering at the Cannes Film Festival: the Covid pandemic.
“What changed is I started getting bored,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I was with Trish in New York at the beginning of the lockdown. So, you know, it was all a little scary and claustrophobic.”
During that time, his “friend of many years” record producer T-Bone Burnett asked if Coen and his wife,...
- 5/21/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
In 1971, the Cannes Film Festival opened with a screening of Gimme Shelter by Albert and David Maysles, an immersive, vérité depiction of two weeks in the touring life of the Rolling Stones. If that was all it did, it might have been forgotten by now. But by a terrible freak of chance, the filmmakers followed the band to the most notorious concert of their entire career — the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in Livermore, CA, where the Stones, along with Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, were set to perform a free concert for 300,000 people on Dec. 6, 1969. “We didn’t know what it was going to be,” Albert said later. “We just had a childish faith that having seen the Stones and getting along with them, there might be a feature film there.”
At the apparent suggestion of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead (who...
At the apparent suggestion of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead (who...
- 5/17/2022
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
At long last, Cannes returns to its proper May slot. With the event kicking off next week, running from the 17th through the 28th, much cinematic greatness awaits.
Ahead of the festivities we’ve rounded up what we’re most looking forward to—and while we’re sure many surprises await, per every year, one will find twenty films that should already be on your radar. Check out our picks below and be sure to subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest updates from the festival.
20. Holy Spider (Ali Abbasi)
Following his one-of-a-kind, Oscar-nominated fantasy drama Border, Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi is heading into Cannes competition with his next feature, Holy Spider. Based on a true story, it follows a female journalist (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) investigating a serial killer who believes it is his righteous duty to murder sex workers and cleanse society. We imagine a provocative feature is in store from Abbasi,...
Ahead of the festivities we’ve rounded up what we’re most looking forward to—and while we’re sure many surprises await, per every year, one will find twenty films that should already be on your radar. Check out our picks below and be sure to subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest updates from the festival.
20. Holy Spider (Ali Abbasi)
Following his one-of-a-kind, Oscar-nominated fantasy drama Border, Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi is heading into Cannes competition with his next feature, Holy Spider. Based on a true story, it follows a female journalist (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) investigating a serial killer who believes it is his righteous duty to murder sex workers and cleanse society. We imagine a provocative feature is in store from Abbasi,...
- 5/12/2022
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The English-language thriller is a Germany-Iceland co-production.
German outfit Beta Cinema has boarded sales on Óskar Þór Axelsson’s Icelandic feature Operation Napoleon and will introduce the film to buyers at next month’s Cannes.
The English-language thriller is a co-production between Tinna Proppé and Hilmar Sigurðsson of Reykjavík-based Sagafilm with Dirk Schweitzer and Anita Elsani of Germany’s Splendid Entertainment.
Icelandic newcomer Vivian Ólafsdóttir stars with Jack Fox and Iain Glen.
Marteinn Pórisson has adapted the screenplay from Arnaldur Indridason’s novel about a young Icelandic lawyer drawn into an international conspiracy when she receives footage of an old airplane wreck.
German outfit Beta Cinema has boarded sales on Óskar Þór Axelsson’s Icelandic feature Operation Napoleon and will introduce the film to buyers at next month’s Cannes.
The English-language thriller is a co-production between Tinna Proppé and Hilmar Sigurðsson of Reykjavík-based Sagafilm with Dirk Schweitzer and Anita Elsani of Germany’s Splendid Entertainment.
Icelandic newcomer Vivian Ólafsdóttir stars with Jack Fox and Iain Glen.
Marteinn Pórisson has adapted the screenplay from Arnaldur Indridason’s novel about a young Icelandic lawyer drawn into an international conspiracy when she receives footage of an old airplane wreck.
- 4/28/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Second security breach at film industry show after Will Smith Oscars slap.
CinemaCon management is “re-evaluating” security protocols after it emerged on Wednesday (April 27) that Olivia Wilde was served with legal documents while promoting her film Don’t Worry Darling on stage at the Warner Bros presentation on Tuesday.
In a statement to Screendaily CinemaCon managing director Mitch Neuhauser said, “We have never in the history of the convention had an incident where a delegate approached the stage who was not authorised to be there. In light of this incident we are re-evaluating our security procedures to ensure the safety of all of our attendees.
CinemaCon management is “re-evaluating” security protocols after it emerged on Wednesday (April 27) that Olivia Wilde was served with legal documents while promoting her film Don’t Worry Darling on stage at the Warner Bros presentation on Tuesday.
In a statement to Screendaily CinemaCon managing director Mitch Neuhauser said, “We have never in the history of the convention had an incident where a delegate approached the stage who was not authorised to be there. In light of this incident we are re-evaluating our security procedures to ensure the safety of all of our attendees.
- 4/28/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Donna Langley assured attendees that “theatrical will always be the cornerstone of our business”.
Universal CinemaCon rounded out a bumper CinemaCon presentation with footage from Jurassic World: Dominion after teasing more than a dozen upcoming films after Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley assured attendees that “theatrical will always be the cornerstone of our business”.
Jeff Goldblum and Bryce Dallas Howard teed up footage from Colin Trevorrow’s latest instalment in the 5bn global franchise, which opens on June 10 and takes place in a near future where dinosaurs and humans live and hunt alongside eac other. The cast includes Chris Pratt,...
Universal CinemaCon rounded out a bumper CinemaCon presentation with footage from Jurassic World: Dominion after teasing more than a dozen upcoming films after Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley assured attendees that “theatrical will always be the cornerstone of our business”.
Jeff Goldblum and Bryce Dallas Howard teed up footage from Colin Trevorrow’s latest instalment in the 5bn global franchise, which opens on June 10 and takes place in a near future where dinosaurs and humans live and hunt alongside eac other. The cast includes Chris Pratt,...
- 4/28/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Mick Jagger, T Bone Burnett among producers.
A24 has confirmed it controls worldwide rights on Ethan Coen’s anticipated Cannes Special Screenings selection Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind heading into the festival next month.
The company financed and produced the documentary from Live Nation Productions, Jagged Films, Shangri-La Entertainment and Inaudible Films alongside Steve Bing, Mick Jagger, Victoria Pearman, Peter Afterman and T Bone Burnett.
Little else is known about Coen’s solo feature directing debut. American pianist and wild man of rock ‘n’ roll Lewis broke out with Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On in 1957 and nearly derailed his...
A24 has confirmed it controls worldwide rights on Ethan Coen’s anticipated Cannes Special Screenings selection Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind heading into the festival next month.
The company financed and produced the documentary from Live Nation Productions, Jagged Films, Shangri-La Entertainment and Inaudible Films alongside Steve Bing, Mick Jagger, Victoria Pearman, Peter Afterman and T Bone Burnett.
Little else is known about Coen’s solo feature directing debut. American pianist and wild man of rock ‘n’ roll Lewis broke out with Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On in 1957 and nearly derailed his...
- 4/27/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Updated, April 21: The Cannes Film Festival has added competition titles and additional screenings in the Midnight, Un Certain Regard, and Out of Competition sections. They are:
Competition
“The Eight Mountains,” Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen
“Un Petit Frère,” Leonor Serraille
“Tourment Sur Les Iles,” Albert Serra
Cannes Premiere
“Don Juan,” Serge Bozon
“La Nuit du 12,” Dominik Moll
“Chronicle of a Temporary Affair,” Emmanuel Mouret
Midnight Screenings
“Rebel,” Adil Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Un Certain Regard
“More Than Ever,” Emily Atef
“Mediterranean Fever,” Maha Haj
“The Blue Caftan,” Maryam Touzani
Out of Competition
“L’Innocent,” Louis Garrel
Special Screenings
“Mi Pais Imaginario,” Patricio Guzmán
“The Vagabonds,” Doroteya Droumeva
“Riposte Feministe,” Marie Perennes, Simon Depardon
“Restos do Vento,” Tiago Guedes
“Little Nicholas,” Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
Earlier, April 14: The 2022 Cannes Film Festival is upon us and once again taking place in person this spring from May 17 through May 28. The lineup for...
Competition
“The Eight Mountains,” Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen
“Un Petit Frère,” Leonor Serraille
“Tourment Sur Les Iles,” Albert Serra
Cannes Premiere
“Don Juan,” Serge Bozon
“La Nuit du 12,” Dominik Moll
“Chronicle of a Temporary Affair,” Emmanuel Mouret
Midnight Screenings
“Rebel,” Adil Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Un Certain Regard
“More Than Ever,” Emily Atef
“Mediterranean Fever,” Maha Haj
“The Blue Caftan,” Maryam Touzani
Out of Competition
“L’Innocent,” Louis Garrel
Special Screenings
“Mi Pais Imaginario,” Patricio Guzmán
“The Vagabonds,” Doroteya Droumeva
“Riposte Feministe,” Marie Perennes, Simon Depardon
“Restos do Vento,” Tiago Guedes
“Little Nicholas,” Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
Earlier, April 14: The 2022 Cannes Film Festival is upon us and once again taking place in person this spring from May 17 through May 28. The lineup for...
- 4/21/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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