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SPENCER, the sticky wicket of portraying Princess Diana for her stans
by Quendrith Johnson, Film Critic Finally Kristen Stewart has had a real sunrise since the early Twilight of her career. That would be SPENCER, her peckish portrait of Princess Diana from Director Pablo Larrain. This is the “hellish Christmas” Princess Diana moment of thirty years ago, set in 1991, that released Nov. 5 from NEON. …
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FLEE, a brave new stylistic animated documentary
Review by Robin Menken Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s award-winning animated doc FLEE opens in U.S. theaters on December 3. NEON acquired FLEE at Sundance, and the film is also an official selection at Cannes that recently won the Annecy Festival (France) Cristal award and the Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary. It’s the story…
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How Kristen Stewart became SPENCER, a French Connection to Princess Diana
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent It’s been six short years since actor Kristen Stewart became the first American in 30 years to be nominated, then remarkably win, a César or “French Oscar” for CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA. With that opener, this comes as an updated version of KStew’s comeback, which should now be complete…
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NEON grabs THE END, Tilda Swinton, cast, hold up theirs for Joshua Oppenheimer
NEW YORK, NY: NEON today announced that Academy Award® Winner Tilda Swinton, George Mackay (1917, Captain Fantastic), and Stephen Graham (Venom: Let There Be Carnage, The Irishman, Boardwalk Empire) will star in Academy Award® Nominated Director Joshua Oppenheimer’s (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence) golden-age musical about the last human family, The End. NEON has acquired the North American rights…
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First-timer Rebeca “Beba” Huntt’s BEBA wowed at TIFF, now from NEON
New York, NY: NEON announced today it has acquired Worldwide rights to Beba, the debut film by New York Afro-Latina artist, Rebeca Huntt. The film received rave reviews at its World Premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), being praised for its originality, inventiveness, and the urgency of Huntt’s voice. NEON will release the film,…
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We still heart Spike Lee & NEON nabs Jonas Carpignano’s film
by Screenmancer Staff CANNES FRANCE: Never mind the recent Spike Lee leak that named “Titane” as a winner as NEON took their second Palme d’Or in a row, just off the heels of Parasite, with Julia Ducournau’s new film. NEON also announced that it has taken North American rights to Jonas Carpignano’s festival sensation A Chiara, which won the Europa…
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NEON fires up new Céline Sciamma project PETITE MAMAN
Curated by Screenmancer Staff New York, NY: NEON will reunite with acclaimed filmmaker Céline Sciamma on Petite Maman following their successful collaboration on the revered Portrait of a Lady on Fire. NEON has acquired North American rights to the film, written and directed by Sciamma. Petite Maman, which just had its World Premiere in competition at the Berlinale, stars sisters Joséphine Sanz and…
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SUPER LTD takes North American rights to Jasmila Žbanić’s QUO VADIS, AIDA?
Curated by Screenmancer Staff NEW YORK, NY: SUPER LTD, the boutique label from NEON, have acquired North American rights to Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida?, which made its World Premiere to critical acclaim at the Venice Film Festival, where it received three Awards including the Brian Award, Signis Award and Premio Unimed. The film, which is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s…
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NEON buys Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s FLEE at Sundance & a GOT connection
Curated by Screenmancer Staff New York, NY: NEON is excited to announce the first acquisition out of this year’s Sundance, with North American rights to Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee. The film, executive produced by Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (GOT), was officially selected for Cannes 2020 and made its debut on opening night of Sundance…
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Trump has COVID, but does he know Alex Gibney has it TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent This might seem like a double-edged ‘Get Well Soon’ message to the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, but renowned filmmaker Alex Gibney “secretly spent the last five months” making a power-packed documentary entitled TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL about the lifespan of this virus. Oscar-winner Gibney actually…
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Bong Joon Ho’s Remastered Classic MEMORIES OF MURDER Redux Oct. 19
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES: NEON is excited to announce they will be releasing Memories of Murder, from Academy Award winning director, Bong Joon Ho. The digitally remastered film will be in theaters nationwide October 19th and October 20th for a two night limited theatrical engagement in partnership with Fathom Events. The special presentation of the film will include exclusive…
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No Fossil on Fire in AMMONITE: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan Do it Differently
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent With Céline Sciamma’s French movie PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE in 2019, some felt the stark same-sex love story, a period piece, was too ‘powerful’ for mainstream audiences. Thus, the film was passed over for worldwide competition even by home country France. Now there is another costume drama…
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CLEMENCY movie free thru 7/31 & Alfre Woodard joins BLM Global co-founder Patrisse Cullors
Curated by Screenmancer Staff New York, NY: From today through Friday, July 31st, NEON has made the critically acclaimed film CLEMENCY available to stream for free on Apple TV, Amazon and Fandago Now, Redbox On Demand, Spectrum, Xfinity, Verizon FIOS, Dish, Cox and Altice. CLEMENCY is also currently streaming on Hulu. Actor Alfre Woodard will join writer/activist/co-founder of the Black…
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Elizabeth Moss Inhabits Writer Shirley Jackson in SHIRLEY, So Apropos of Now
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent We interrupt this Pandemic to bring you Elizabeth Moss in SHIRLEY from NEON, about “The Lottery” writer Shirley Jackson. On June 19, 1948, The New Yorker published Jackson’s odd story about a town that gets stoned, but not how you think. And with this enigmatic introduction to SHIRLEY, from Director…
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YOU CANNOT KILL DAVID ARQUETTE is First Doc Snagged at 2020 SXSW During Pandemic
Curated by Screenmancer Staff NEW YORK, NY: SUPER LTD, the boutique division and incubator from NEON, announced today that they have acquired North American rights to David Darg and Price James’ wildly entertaining and poignant documentary, You Cannot Kill David Arquette, an official selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Filmed over three years chronicling the grueling…
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