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Fiona Shaw, Katherine Waterston and Chaske Spencer have been cast in 'Park Avenue'.The trio are to star in the new indie movie from director Gaby Dellal, which has entered production in New York City.'Park Avenue' follows a mother and daughter who reveal secrets and unravel lies over the course of a fraught six weeks.Fed up with her life of wrangling cattle in Canada, Charlotte (Waterston) flees her controlling husband and returns to her childhood Park Avenue apartment where she takes refuge with her mother Kit (Shaw).Rediscovering the boy she loved – her grown doorman Andres (Spencer) – and the life she left as a teenager, Charlotte explores shared history, unshared truths and finds a way to face both love and loss.Dellal will direct from a script that she has written together with Tina Alexis Allen.Diana Phillips is producing the movie with Dorothy Berwin and Josh Blum serving as executive producers.

Exclusive: Fiona Shaw (Andor), Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice) and Chaske Spencer (The English) have entered production in NYC on Park Avenue, a new indie drama from Sundance alum Gaby Dellal (On a Clear Day), who directs from her script written with Tina Alexis Allen.

A production of Rimsky Productions and Washington Square Films, Park Avenue follows a mother and daughter who, over a fraught six weeks, reveal secrets, unravel lies and ultimately lay bare the ties that bind. Paralyzed by her life wrangling cattle in Alberta, Canada, Charlotte (Waterston) jumps into her Ford Bronco, flees her over-controlling husband, and lands back in her childhood Park Avenue apartment where she takes refuge with her mother Kit (Shaw). Rediscovering the boy she loved, now her grown doorman Anders (Spencer), and the life she left at 18, the mother and daughter explore shared history, unshared truths and find a way to face both love and loss.

Exclusive: Filming is underway in the Dominican Republic on Studiocanal’s all-female shark survival thriller Something In The Water, which will be directed by Justice League and Star Wars: Episode VII art director Hayley Easton Street.

The movie will follow a dream wedding which turns into a nightmare when five girlfriends must fight for their lives in open water.

Written by Cat Clarke (Ten Percent) and produced by Julie Baines (Triangle), the film’s cast of rising actors includes Hiftu Quasem (Ten Percent), Lauren Lyle (Outlander), Natalie Mitson(The Last Bus), Nicole Rieko Setsuko (Only One Gets Out Alive), and Ellouise Shakespeare-Hart (Ten Percent).

Studiocanal is handling sales on the movie and will continue talks with buyers at the AFM.

The project has gone through a transformation since we first announced it in 2020 when it had Noel Clarke producing and Gaby Dellal directing.

Director Hayley Easton Street commented: “This is an elevated survival film,...

Deadline has confirmed that Anne Hathaway is set to topline StudioCanal and Blueprint Picture’s feature adaptation of Pamela Druckerman’s autobiography French Children Don’t Throw Food.

The project, which is being co-financed by the two studios, is currently in development with the latest version of the sceenplay penned by Jamie Minoprio and Jonathan Stern.

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Druckerman’s autobiography follows her real-life experience as a 35-year-old American journalist in Paris contending with pregnancy and parenthood. Unlike her fellow Americans, Druckerman learns that pregnant French women aren’t purchasing every parenting bible known to man, nor are they obsessed about natural births or C-sections.

Alex Hamilton, the former president of international and managing director of Entertainment One U.K., has been appointed CEO of Studiocanal U.K. He will be joining the company on April 22 and will report to the group CEO Anna Marsh.

During his tenure at eOne which ran from 2008 to 2019, Hamilton spearheaded the company’s U.K. film business and was responsible for acquiring and distributing in the U.K. a wide range of feature films, including the “Twilight” franchise, “12 Years a Slave,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Spotlight” and “Green Book.” Under his watch, eOne became a leading independent distributor in the U.K., grossing over £725m at the local box office.

Hamilton said he has “long admired the slate and ambition of Studiocanal and will take great pride in driving the U.K. business further forward.”

“Alex’s experience and in-depth knowledge of the UK market are essential assets to...

Former eOne executive Alex Hamilton has been appointed CEO of Studiocanal UK. He will report to group CEO Anna Marsh and will join the company 22 April, 2020.

Hamilton was most recently President, International, Film and Managing Director of Entertainment One UK. From 2008-2019, he spearheaded eOne UK’s film business.

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Releases included the Twilight franchise, 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club, Mr. Turner, Spotlight, The Bfg, The Girl On The Train, I, Daniel Blake, The Death of Stalin, the UK family franchise Nativity! (for which he also served as executive producer), Stan & Ollie and Green Book.

Nicola Shindler,...

Trends and shifts in the global indie film biz mark the 2020 European Film Market.

Women direct or star in some of the hottest packages being brought to Berlin: Olivia Wilde’s biopic of gymnast Kerri Strug, “Perfect,” from FilmNation; Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut, “The Lost Daughter,” starring Olivia Colman, sold by Endeavor Content; Noomi Rapace-starrer “O2” a Black List survival thriller from Wild Bunch with Alexandre Aja producing; and Gaby Dellal’s shark attack thriller “Something in the Water,” from Studiocanal.

Claire Denis’ “The Stars at Noon,” with Robert Pattinson, was the subject of the Efm’s first high-profile U.S. deal on Tuesday, sold to A24.

Although there will be bigger projects, such as Gerard Butler action-thriller “Remote Control,” from STXInternational; or Solstice Studios’ deep space thriller “Ground Control to Major Tom,” with Seth Gordon directing, in today’s climate, $30 million — the reported budget of FilmNation’s...

Exclusive: Studiocanal is coming to Efm with shark attack thriller Something In The Water, which is being produced with Noel Clarke (Bulletproof) and Jason Maza’s (Bulletproof) production company Unstoppable.

The UK project will follow five female friends who come together to celebrate a wedding in a beautiful, remote location. One day before the wedding, as a treat, they go on a boat trip which descends into the stuff of nightmares.

Gaby Dellal (3 Generations) is aboard to direct the film which is the first to come to market for Studiocanal UK CEO Nicola Shindler who will produce the project in-house for the Euro studio. Script comes from Scottish novelist Cat Clarke, based on her original idea.

BAFTA-winning producer Shindler, well known for a string of hit UK TV series including Happy Valley and Last Tango In Halifax, told us about the movie, “As well as being a brilliant thriller and a really good shark movie,...

Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Working Title producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, whose latest hit is Edgar Wright’s wheel-and-disc-spinning breakout “Baby Driver” (June 28, Sony), which has tracked $64 million worldwide to date.

Bottom Line: This brainy duo with plummy British accents have been turning out a consistent slate of smart global hits since the ’80s. The London-based co-chairmen of Working Title boast the best taste in the business. They chase mainstream quality fare. That’s their gig. But even so over the years, partnering with Universal Pictures, with freedom to greenlight movies up to $35 million, their films have grossed an impressive almost $7 billion dollars worldwide.

Career Peaks: From the start, Working Title founder Tim Bevan gravitated to local stories with global potential like “My Beautiful Laundrette,” Stephen Frears’ searing...

Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Working Title producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, whose latest hit is Edgar Wright’s wheel-and-disc-spinning breakout “Baby Driver” (June 28, Sony), which has tracked $64 million worldwide to date.

Bottom Line: This brainy duo with plummy British accents have been turning out a consistent slate of smart global hits since the ’80s. The London-based co-chairmen of Working Title boast the best taste in the business. They chase mainstream quality fare. That’s their gig. But even so over the years, partnering with Universal Pictures, with freedom to greenlight movies up to $35 million, their films have grossed an impressive almost $7 billion dollars worldwide.

Career Peaks: From the start, Working Title founder Tim Bevan gravitated to local stories with global potential like “My Beautiful Laundrette,” Stephen Frears’ searing...

The Weinstein Company, and Harvey Weinstein in particular, is notorious for using unconventional tactics to promote its films; he flew Daniel Day-Lewis to D.C. to support the Americans with Disabilities Act during the Oscar campaign for “My Left Foot,” and paraded Martin Scorsese around at a Women In Film luncheon to prove “Gangs of New York” wasn’t too violent.

While “3 Generations” likely won’t be earning Oscar noms, Weinstein did score (orchestrate?) a flurry of good press when the MPAA gave the transgender drama an R rating, citing language and sexual references in its decision. GLAAD sent the MPAA an angry letter; Naomi Watts gave an impassioned statement about the “beautiful and touching story,” and the MPAA changed the rating to PG-13. And for one brief and shining moment, nobody talked about how awful the movie was. (Current Rotten Tomatoes: 35%.)

Read More: ‘3 Generations’ Featurette: Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts...

Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 Kicks Off the Summer With a Sci-Fi Action-Comedy

After three weeks of dominating the box office, Universal’s The Fate of the Furious is going to have to give way to a new movie, and that’s because the first weekend of May means that it’s officially...The Summer Movie Season!!!!

Just like the last couple years, the summer movie season is kicking off with a new movie from Marvel Studios, and their sequel Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2 (Marvel Studios/Disney), reunites Chris Pratt as Starlord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista’s Drax, Michael Rooker’s Yondu with the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as Groot and Rocket Racoon, for the next...

How do you screw this up? You've got three leading actresses – Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Elle Fanning – who are usually worth watching in anything. But 3 Generations is pushing it. Even nurturing talent can't breathe life into a script that is completely D.O.A.

In fact, the movie has been lying dormant on a Weinstein Company shelf since it debuted at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival, under the title About Ray. Clearly, director and co-writer Gaby Dellal's film has been much fiddled with in the interim – and not for the good.

After making cuts, The Weinstein Co.'s drama 3 Generations will receive a PG-13 rating.

Earlier this month, the company had said it would challenge the MPAA's decision to assign an R rating to the transgender drama starring Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon and had enlisted attorney David Boies in the effort. It is unclear if TWC ever filed an appeal.

But on Thursday, TWC said it had reached an agreement with MPAA after tweaking the Gaby Dellal-helmed film that will ensure a PG-13 rating for "mature thematic content, some sexual references and language." A source said the cuts...

The Weinstein Company and the Motion Picture Association of America have agreed to give the transgender coming of age drama “3 Generations” a PG-13 rating for “mature thematic content, some sexual references and language.” The MPAA previously slapped an R-rating onto the film starring Elle Fanning, Susan Sarandon and Naomi Watts, due to language including sexual references, but the Weinstein Company challenged the rating. Directed by Gaby Dellal, “3 Generations” stars Fanning as a transgender teenage boy named Ray. Watts plays his mother, and Sarandon plays his grandmother, who is a lesbian. TWC’s co-chairman Harvey Weinstein previously said, “Gaby, Naomi, Susan...

“3 Generations” tells the story of three generations of a family living under one roof in NYC, all with very different identity issues to explore.

Read More: ‘3 Generations’ Trailer: Elle Fanning Plays a Transgender Teen Boy in Controversial Drama

The protagonist of the film, Ray (Elle Fanning), is a young trans man determined to begin the process of his transition. However, Ray and his family cannot take the necessary steps forward without the consent of Ray’s biological — and also absent — father Craig (Tate Donovan). To further complicate things, Ray’s lesbian grandmother (Susan Sarandon) has a difficult time accepting her grandson’s identity.

Ray, his mother Maggie (Naomi Watts), and his grandmother must confront their own identities and embrace the changes within their family to find understanding and acceptance.

In our exclusive featurette from the film, the co-writer and the director of the film, Gaby Dellal, talks about how she...

In a letter to the Motion Picture Association of America, GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis urged MPAA to reverse its decision to give the transgender coming of age drama “3 Generations” an R-rating. The rating, said Ellis, “sends a dangerous message to this already marginalized community.” Directed by Gaby Dellal and distributed by The Weinstein Company, “3 Generations” stars Elle Fanning as a transgender teenage boy named Ray. Naomi Watts plays her mother, and Susan Sarandon plays her grandmother, who is a lesbian. The MPAA rated the film “R” due to language, including sexual references, which The Weinstein Company plans to challenge.

The long-delayed, controversial drama 3 Generations (once titled About Ray) from writer-director Gaby Dellal will finally arrive this summer, and now The Weinstein Company has released a new trailer. The story follows Ray (Elle Fanning), who begins to transition from female to male, while also dealing with familial strife and coming-of-age. Her mother (Naomi Watts) is going through her own transition from living in an apartment attached to her mother’s (Susan Surandon) and Ray’s father, who is less-than-thrilled about Ray’s life trajectory.

Shot back in 2014 and now finally seeing a release, back at Tiff in 2015, we said in our review, “I expected an everyone-supports-Ray fluff piece and was therefore pleasantly surprised Dellal and cowriter Nikole Beckwith instead delivered an authentic familial drama that’s universal no matter its wild relationship machinations.” While the marketing thus far sells a fairly conventional, sugar-coated drama, we’ll have to see if...

"Why is 'normal' the goal, why not authentic?" "Authentic is what he wants to be." The Weinstein Company has launched a trailer for an indie film titled 3 Generations, telling an intimate and personal story of three different generations of a family in New York City. The film is centered around Elle Fanning playing Ray, who realizes she's actually a boy and attempts to begin the transition but needs the support of her family. Her single mother and lesbian grandmother are part of the story, helping her in their own ways. Naomi Watts also stars, along with Susan Sarandon, Linda Emond, and Tate Donovan. This first premiered at the Toronto Film Festival back in 2015 under the title About Ray, and has been held for release ever since, now with a brand new title. The way this trailer is cut makes me wonder if it's not as good as it seems. Here's...

Leo Tolstoy nailed the universal truth about family on its head in the opening sentence of Anna Karenina — “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Family, in whatever shape or size, is always complicated, messy and crazy — but we wouldn’t trade our own for any other in the world (most of the time).

Gaby Dellal’s (“On A Clear Day,” “Angels Crest”) latest film “3 Generations,” being finally released by The Weinstein Company after debuting at Tiff back in 2015, stars Naomi Watts (“Mulholland Drive”), Elle Fanning (“20th Century Women”) and Susan Sarandon (“Thelma & Louise,” “Feud”) as members of a unique family undergoing a period of transition.

Continue reading It’s A Shame About Ray: Harvey Weinstein Just Won’t Let Go Of ‘3 Generations’ [Watch Trailer] at The Playlist.

“3 Generations” has courted controversy since its production, with the film getting negative initial buzz after hiring cisgender actress Elle Fanning to play a transgender teen boy in a lead role. Furthermore, the Weinstein Company recently drummed up some attention of their own after publicly protesting the film’s R rating. Now the trailer has arrived to show audiences a first look at the actual footage.

The NYC-centric film, which also stars Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon, follows the three generations of women as they live under the same roof and help Fanning’s Ray deal with growing up different. Sarandon plays Ray’s lesbian grandmother trying to understand the situation, while Watts is his single mother, doing the best she can to help her son.

Read More: ‘3 Generations’: Weinstein Company to Protest R Rating Received by Transgender Drama

“3 Generations” co-writer and director Gaby Dellal released a statement timed with...

Here’s the trailer for The Weinstein Co.’s long-delayed transgender teen drama 3 Generations, which is set for a limited theatrical release May 5. Directed by Gaby Dellal, the pic features a strong cast led by Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning and Susan Sarandon. “You know it’s an endless cycle — daughters turning into their mothers, who then have daughters who become just like them.” So is the case in this timely film about three generations of a family dealing with the…...

The MPAA gave ‘3 Generations’ an R-rating and The Weinstein Company isn’t having it.3 Generations

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) decided that the Weinstein Company’s film 3 Generations deserves an R-rating. The MPAA claims that strong language and sexual references mean that the film isn’t suitable for younger viewers without parental consent. However, the Weinstein Company claims the rating would bar a necessary film from reaching a broad audience.

3 Generations tells the story of Ray (Elle Fanning) a transgender teenager. In the film, Ray and his mother Maggie (Naomi Watts) must search for Ray’s father to obtain consent for Ray to start his transition. Meanwhile, Ray’s grandmother (Susan Sarandon) struggles to accept Ray’s transformation from granddaughter to grandson.

Director and co-writer Gaby Dellal emphasized that she “[wanted] to speak to kids, to parents, and to grandparents everywhere in a common language of love and inclusion about a subject matter that is not...

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today plans to challenge the Motion Picture Association of America’s (MPAA) decision to assign an “R” rating to its forthcoming film 3 Generations. The film, which stars Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts, and Susan Sarandon, provides an authentic and sensitive portrayal of what it means to be a transgender youth in today’s society and the enormous impact familial support can have as one transitions. 3 Generations has been rated “R” by the MPAA, citing language including some sexual references behind the decision.

TWC has enlisted the help of top Hollywood lawyer David Boies to advise on their dissent. Largely known for his pivotal role to overturn Proposition 8, California’s discriminatory ban on gay marriage, back in 2009, Boies has consulted on numerous human rights issues for TWC including censorship of the Academy Award® nominated film Carol, as well as a previous protest of the MPAA’s rating of the documentary Bully.

The Weinstein Company has announced its plan to protest the R rating received by “3 Generations,” co-writer/director Gaby Dellal’s film about a transgender teenager played by Elle Fanning. Formerly known as “About Ray,” the film co-stars Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon.

Read More: Tiff Review: ‘About Ray’ Starring Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts & Susan Sarandon

The MPAA cites language, including sexual references, in its decision. TWC has once again enlisted attorney David Boies to aid their legal battle, as they did when “Bully” likewise received a controversial R rating; the company successfully brought the anti-bullying documentary’s rating down to a PG-13 in that case.

“This film is a beautiful and touching story about family and identity,” said Watts, who also serves as executive producer. “It is important for teenagers to see it and the ‘R’ Rating doesn’t reflect today’s society. ‘3 Generations’ doesn’t have a bad bone in its body,...

The Weinstein company plans to challenge the Motion Picture Association of America’s (MPAA) R-rating for the transgender family drama “3 Generations,” the studio announced Thursday. The film, directed by Gaby Dellal, stars Elle Fanning as a young woman transitioning to male. Naomi Watts plays her mother, and Susan Sarandon plays her grandmother, who is a lesbian. The film was previously titled “About Ray.” The MPAA rated the film “R” due to language including sexual references. Also Read: Elle Fanning Transgender Drama '3 Generations' Acquired for $6 Million by Weinstein Co at Cannes (Updated) The Weinstein Company has enlisted Hollywood lawyer David Boies.

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today plans to challenge the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) decision to assign an "R" rating to its forthcoming film 3 Generations. The film, which stars Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts, and Susan Sarandon, provides an authentic and sensitive portrayal of what it means to be a transgender youth in today's society and the enormous impact familial support can have as one transitions. 3 Generations has been rated "R" by the MPAA, citing language including some sexual references behind the decision.

TWC has enlisted the help of top Hollywood lawyer David Boies to advise on their dissent. Largely known for his pivotal role to overturn Proposition 8, California's discriminatory ban on gay marriage, back in 2009, Boies has consulted on numerous human rights issues for TWC including censorship of the Academy Award nominated film Carol, as well as a previous protest of the MPAA's rating of the documentary Bully.

The Weinstein Co. will challenge the MPAA's decision to assign an R rating to its upcoming transgender drama 3 Generations.

TWC was told that the film, which stars Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon and was directed by Gaby Dellal, received the rating due to language and some sexual references.

In its bid to downgrade the R rating to a PG-13, TWC has enlisted attorney David Boies, who is the company's go-to lawyer for high-profile cases (Boies also represented TWC in its battle with Warner Bros. over the use of the title The Butler).

The MPAA offered a statement...

Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 3rd annual celebration of women in cinema, and “3 Generations,” a transgender drama starring Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts, and Susan Sarandon, has been selected as the opening feature on May 2. Directed by Gaby Dellal, “3 Generations” tells the story of Ray (Fanning), a transgender teenager whose transition from female to male forces her family to make adjustments in their lives. Watts plays Ray’s mother, Maggie, while Sarandon plays Ray’s lesbian grandmother, Dolly. The film will be released by The Weinstein Company on May 5. Also Read: Shailene Woodley Reaches...

May 2015 was the last time Harvey Weinstein hosted a Cannes presentation at the Majestic Hotel. Among the titles was a preview of Justin Chadwick’s “Tulip Fever,” with the then white-hot Swedish actress Alicia Vikander on hand. A romantic triangle period piece costarring Christoph Waltz and Dane DeHaan, Weinstein later pushed the release from July 2016 to February 2017. Now, two years later, it’s booked for August 25 — the dog days of summer.

Last year, the Weinstein Co. had so few bonafide Oscar contenders on the docket that they didn’t mount their usual Cannes show-and-tell at all. Garth Davis’s “Lion” did yield six nominations and, like critics’ darling “Carol” the year before, no wins. The lengthy awards season did pay off for “Lion” at the box office; it’s made $103 million worldwide. However, it also represents a rare tick in the ‘win’ column for TWC, which is struggling to maneuver in these challenging times.

May 2015 was the last time Harvey Weinstein hosted a Cannes presentation at the Majestic Hotel. Among the titles was a preview of Justin Chadwick’s “Tulip Fever,” with the then white-hot Swedish actress Alicia Vikander on hand. A romantic triangle period piece costarring Christoph Waltz and Dane DeHaan, Weinstein later pushed the release from July 2016 to February 2017. Now, two years later, it’s booked for August 25 — the dog days of summer.

Last year, the Weinstein Co. had so few bonafide Oscar contenders on the docket that they didn’t mount their usual Cannes show-and-tell at all. Garth Davis’s “Lion” did yield six nominations and, like critics’ darling “Carol” the year before, no wins. The lengthy awards season did pay off for “Lion” at the box office; it’s made $103 million worldwide. However, it also represents a rare tick in the ‘win’ column for TWC, which is struggling to maneuver in these challenging times.

After being pulled from its initial release date in September 2015, The Weinstein Company has set the new date for the Gaby Dellal-directed Lgbtq female-driven drama 3 Generations for May 5 in New York and Los Angeles, followed by expanded rollout at a later date. The pic, which TWC purchased for $6M at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, is exec produced and co-stars Naomi Watts along with Elle Fanning and Susan Sarandon in a story of a family living under one roof in NY as…...

Nearly 18 months after abruptly pulling Three Generations from its release schedule, The Weinstein Co. has put the Elle Fanning-led transgender drama back on the calendar.

TWC will release the Gaby Dellal-helmed film, which also stars Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon, on May 19, where it will open against such wide releases as Alien: Covenant, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and Everything, Everything.

In September 2015, TWC pulled the film, then titled About Ray, from its schedule just days before it was set to open in select theaters. The move raised eyebrows given that the company had...

Exclusive: Suburbicon and The Founder among marquee deals for The Searchers.

Benelux distributor The Searchers has finalised deals on marquee titles out of the Berlin Efm including FilmNation’s The Founder, Bloom’s Suburbicon and Good Universe’s Billionaire Boys Club.

As previously reported, from Sierra Affinity the company pre-bought Ethan Hawke thriller 24 Hours To Live about an assassin who seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.

Michael Keaton stars in John Lee Hancock’s buzzed-about upcoming drama The Founder, the story of McDonald’s founder, Ray Kroc. TWC will release in the Us in August.

Bloom’s crime-comedy Suburbicon, one of the hottest properties at the Efm, will see Clooney direct Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Josh Brolin in the story of a quiet 1950’s family town called Suburbicon where the best and worst of humanity is reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people.

When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect...

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Following a remarkable year in cinematic transgender representation with films like Sean Baker’s Tangerine, Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, and Gaby Dellal’s About Ray, not to mention prolific public figures such as Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox maintaining notable visibility, positive depictions of the transgender community have marked 2015 as a watershed year. But not unlike the first wave queer theory which bitterly criticized historically negative depictions of Lgbt characters prior to the early 90s New Queer Cinema movement, Trans representation is under increased scrutiny, which results in severe cultural policing. One of the reasons we fail to see queer characters utilized in contemporary genre film is due to an exploitative history we’ve been unable to divorce ourselves from, those unseemly memories of demeaning cinematic representation. Comedy and horror were once the only ‘low...

One of the functions of the Toronto Film Festival, with its magic mix of audiences, media and industry, is that distributors can test the waters and see how strong their product is. And they can gauge the competition for the last quarter of 2015. When there are two films on similar subjects, the stronger picture gains momentum at the expense of the other. Thus in the face of Focus Features' "The Danish Girl," with positive reviews for actors Alicia Vikander and Eddie Redmayne, the Weinstein Co. at the last minute pulled its transgender drama, Gaby Dellal's "About Ray," starring Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon, from theaters. It was set to open Friday, but after a lackluster reception in Toronto, will wait until 2016. Will the movie get a qualifying release at year's end, a less expensive way to go? Perhaps.  Meanwhile Paramount harbors Oscar hopes for its surprise pick-up,...

I hate to be the guy to judge a book by its cover, but I admittedly did just that with Gaby Dellal‘s About Ray. It depicts the “unconventional” family of three generations with Susan Sarandon‘s Dodo, Naomi Watts as her daughter Maggie, and Elle Fanning‘s transitioning grandson/son respectfully named Ray (formerly Ramona). The artwork is mediocrely mainstream with smiling faces projecting this difficult period in their lives as though a cakewalk the experience never could prove under any circumstances. I expected an everyone-supports-Ray fluff piece and was therefore pleasantly surprised Dellal and cowriter Nikole Beckwith instead delivered an authentic familial drama that’s universal no matter its wild relationship machinations.

Audiences may struggle with this last point because this family is flypaper for the “unorthodox.” It’s almost as though the filmmakers decided to throw the kitchen sink against the camera so nothing could be singled out as unpalatable or unimportant.

Elle Fanning stars as Ray, a teenager transition from female to male in the family drama About Ray, in theatres on Friday.

The film, which held its premiere at Tiff last weekend brings a multi-generational female ensemble together in the touching drama about what it means to be true to yourself. After Ray (Fanning) decides to begin therapy to start his transition into a male, Ray’s mother Maggie (Naomi Watts), must come to terms with the decision while tracking down Ray’s biological father for his legal consent. Supported by her mother Dolly (Susan Sarandon), Maggie finds herself in transition between past and future for her family.

Cineplex sat down with director Gaby Dellal, and stars Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, and Susan Sarandon about families and authenticity in About Ray.

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Exclusive: Former Remain In Light duo team to launch new distributor.

Former Remain In Light executives Elise Van Marcke and Olivier Van Den Broeck are at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) with new Benelux distributor The Searchers.

The outfit is set to acquire six to nine titles per year and will focus on English-language, cast-driven indie fare.

At Remain In Light, the duo acquired numerous titles including Snowpiercer, Fading Gigolo, While We’re Young and 20,000 Days On Earth.

Acquisitions that will now segue to The Searchers include Tiff opener Demolition, Gaby Dellal’s About Ray, Joel Edgerton’s The Gift, Stephen Gaghan’s Gold, the Mulleavey Sisters’ Woodshock and Joshua Marston’s upcoming as-yet-untitled drama with Michael Shannon and Rachel Weisz.

However, the privately-backed company will release through the infrastructure of Remain In Light – which will continue to be run by Bert Trentels – and Remain In Light’s sister company Victory Productions.

“Our goal is...

As the days get darker and the cold winds of Autumn approach, it’s time to look ahead at the upcoming movies set to hit cinemas this Fall.

The huge slate includes the return of the Jedis, the rebirth of Frankenstein and a new age of Good Dinosaurs. These movies will take audiences to a Galaxy Far, Far Away, on a voyage to Mars and to the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest.

Here’s our list of the 2015 Fall movies that we can’t wait to see!

September

The Visit (Sept 11)

Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and producer Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, The Purge and Insidious series) welcome you to Universal Pictures’ The Visit. Shyamalan returns to his roots with the terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip.

Tom Hooper's "The Danish Girl" may the most Oscar-baity Oscar-bait ever to bait the Oscar. Then again, it might also be good. It's certainly a captivating story, the true-life tale of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener, and director Tom Hooper's got himself a hell of a cast with Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander playing the couple who found themselves grappling with a relationship that helped break new ground for people around the world who felt that they were born wearing the wrong skin. Lili Elbe was a transgender pioneer, and I'll be curious to see if this film faces any of the same blowback that "About Ray" has been facing because they cast cisgender actor Elle Fanning to play a character who is beginning the transition from male to female. Director Gaby Dellal has defended that choice, but there are plenty in the Lbgt community who feel that the casting is a problem.

Just as there seems to be a greater societal acceptance of non-heterosexuality after Caitlyn Jenner’s came out as a trans woman and the Supreme Court decided to legalize gay marriage, Hollywood is having watershed Lgbt moment from the looks of several potential Oscar contenders this year. Consider that two highly different transgender movies and a fictionalized account of a landmark event in the gay rights movement will take their bows at fall film festivals. In “About Ray” (Sept. 18), directed by British actress Gaby Dellal, Elle Fanning stars as a teen girl who wishes to transition into being a man, alongside Naomi Watts as her mom and Susan Sarandon as her lesbian grandmother . Eddie Redmayne, last seen winning a Best Actor Oscar for his portrait of Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” headlines another biopic in "The Danish Girl" (Nov. 27). His reunion with “Les Miserables” director Tom Hooper is...

Films set to show at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), updated as announcements are made in the run up to the event.

Tiff will open on September 10 with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.

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Key: Wp = world premiere; Nap = North American premiere; IP = international premiere; Cp = Canadian premiere.

GALASBeeba Boys (Canada), Deepa Mehta, WPDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallée WPDisorder (Maryland) (France-Belgium), Alice Winocour NAPThe Dressmaker (Aus), Jocelyn Moorhouse, WPEye In The Sky (UK), Gavin Hood WPForsaken (Canada), Jon Cassar, WPFreeheld (Us), Peter Sollett, WPHyena Road (Canada), Paul Gross, WPLolo (France), Julie Delpy, NAPLegend (UK), Brian Helgeland, IPMan Down (Us), Dito Montiel NAPThe Man Who Knew Infinity (UK), Matt Brown, WPThe Martian (Us), Ridley Scott, WPMiss You Already (UK), Catherine Hardwicke WPMississippi Grind (Us), Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden CPMr. Right (Us), Paco Cabezas WPThe Program (UK), Stephen Frears, WPRemember (Canada), Atom Egoyan, NAPSeptembers Of Shiraz (Us), Wayne Blair, WPStonewall ([link...

Read More: The Indiewire 2015 Fall Preview: The 15 Films We've Already Seen (And You Won't Want to Miss) "About Ray" (September 18) Elle Fanning has long been on the cusp of a major breakout role, thanks to her steadily evolving oeuvre (that Fanning is the second sister to seamlessly translate from child star to adult actress shouldn't surprise, it seems to be their M.O.) and a filmography marked by director-driven offerings. In Gaby Dellal's Tiff premiere, the younger Fanning plays Ray, a teenager in the midst of transitioning to better suit his gender identity. Although his close-knit family -- including Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon -- approach the situation with love and respect, things get complicated when Ray's estranged father (Tate Donovan) becomes involved (and recent comments from the film's director have reflected an uncomfortable disconnect between the material and her take on it). The film's first trailer struck an...

After the initial slate for the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival was announced last month there were many observers, including this pundit, who wondered of the annual September event had once again lost the battle of premieres to its Fall festival cousins. While debuting Ridley Scott's "The Martian," Jean Marc Valle's "Demolition" and Michael Moore's "Where Do We Invade Next" is nothing to sneeze at the fact some of the most anticipated films of the year are heading to Venice and Telluride first has to be a bit disheartening. Especially when it's your 40th anniversary. Never fear fans of the Great White North, Toronto always seems to land some eyebrow raising last minute additions and this year is no different. Today Tiff announced that David Gordon Green's "Our Brand Is Crisis" with Sandra Bullock, Marc Abraham's "I Saw The Light" with Tom Hiddleston, Catherine Hardwicke's "Miss You Already...

While the Toronto International Film Festival showcases, among its lineups, genre films, Canadian films, and features from notable underseen filmmakers and countries, the festival has also become a premier destination for high-profile features, features that often go on to become major contenders during the awards circuit that follows after a few months. These films are often found in the Gala and Special Presentations Programme, with the Gala Programme focusing on films that garner interest among the festival goers. Special Presentations, on the other hand, showcases key premieres.

Following the first wave lineup announcement, the festival has now announced additions to both Programmes. Pace Cabezas’ Mr. Right will be the closing night film for the 2015 Festival. The full list of additions, along with the official synopsis of each film, can be seen below.

Gala

Disorder, directed by Alice Winocour, making its North American Premiere

In this masterfully engineered thriller, a young...

The Toronto International Film Festival has added 5 Galas and 19 Special Presentations to its huge and highly anticipated international lineup including the Closing Night Film, Paco Cabezas’s Mr. Right.

In July, it was announced that Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition will open the 2015 Festival. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper and Judah Lewis, Demolition will have its world premiere on September 10 at Roy Thomson Hall.

Toronto audiences will be among the first to screen films by directors Ridley Scott, Deepa Mehta, Lenny Abrahamson, Brian Helgeland, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, Jason Bateman, Cary Fukunaga, Catherine Corsini, Stephen Frears, Tom Hooper, Hany Abu-Assad, Meghna Gulzar, Terence Davies, Jonás Cuarón, Julie Delpy, Rebecca Miller, Rob Reiner, Catherine Hardwicke, Pan Nalin, Lorene Scafaria, David Gordon Green, Matthew Cullen, Gaby Dellal, James Vanderbilt and Marc Abraham.

The various films listed below star Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Susan Sarandon, Gary Oldman, Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore,...

The Gala and Special Presentation programs are home to the biggest names - both stars and directors - at the annual Toronto International Film Festival. And with the final round of selections being freshly announced there are a whole lot of big names due to hit the festival. Big names and a big-ass wave, with Norwegian disaster picture The Wave (Bolgen) among those getting the nod. Check out the full announcement below.Festival Tops Up Its Galas And Sp Ecial Presentations With New Films From Catherine Hardwicke , Rob Reiner , Pan Nalin , Gaby Dellal , David Gordon Green And James Vanderbilt Paco Cabezas's Mr. Right named as the Closing Night Film Toronto -- The Toronto International Film Festival ® adds 5 Galas and 19...

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Another big round of lineups for the 40th anniversary edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (September 10 through 20) today. Among the highlights are world premieres of films by Rob Reiner, Catherine Hardwicke, Pan Nalin, Lorene Scafaria, David Gordon Green, Matthew Cullen, Gaby Dellal, James Vanderbilt, Marc Abraham and Sion Sono. And from around the world come films by Christian Zübert, Nabil Ayouch, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Alexandra-Therese Keining, Grímur Hákonarson, Erik Matti, Oliver Hermanus, Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, Federico Veiroj, Eric Khoo, Danielle Arbid, Emin Alper and Jeremy Sims. » - David Hudson...

Another big round of lineups for the 40th anniversary edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (September 10 through 20) today. Among the highlights are world premieres of films by Rob Reiner, Catherine Hardwicke, Pan Nalin, Lorene Scafaria, David Gordon Green, Matthew Cullen, Gaby Dellal, James Vanderbilt, Marc Abraham and Sion Sono. And from around the world come films by Christian Zübert, Nabil Ayouch, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Alexandra-Therese Keining, Grímur Hákonarson, Erik Matti, Oliver Hermanus, Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, Federico Veiroj, Eric Khoo, Danielle Arbid, Emin Alper and Jeremy Sims. » - David Hudson...